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Mongabay News on MSNCritically endangered parakeets get a new home on New Zealand islandBy Kristine Sabillo Conservation authorities and groups, along with Māori people, recently established a new population of ...
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The Daily Galaxy on MSNMoa Extinction: How Humans Wiped Out New Zealand’s Giant Birds In Just 300 YearsNew research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human ...
New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...
They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.
Using mitogenome data from nearly all living and recently extinct New Zealand mainland bird species, researchers discovered many species associated with grass and shrubland, like pīhoihoi ...
Dr Gavin Hunt, a New Zealand biologist, spent three years observing the birds. He found that they used two different forms of hooked “tool” to pull grubs from deep within tree trunks.
A count that year found the total New Zealand population of these rare birds had grown to 500. With these two populations reaching capacity, the Department of Conservation (DOC) announced on ...
Royal spoonbills are thriving in New Zealand, with birdwatchers spotting their extravagant head feathers in more and more estuaries and lagoons. The population is now growing at a rate of 10 per cent ...
Want to forget yourself for a while? Listen to Bic Runga's often-overlooked third album, writes Nick Bollinger.
The first three projects to get through the initial assessment phase of the fast-track consenting regime have been ...
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