Takahē release in Rees Valley near Queenstown boosts wild population
A once-thought extinct native bird is now beating the odds, with a further release of 18 birds into the Rees Valley near ...
A 69-Million-Year Evolutionary Mystery: Scientists Discover Oldest Modern Bird
Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age—we're witnessing a similar process now
When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...
From the Ice Age to now: How repeated invasions have shaped New Zealand bird life
New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...
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Repeated invasions shape NZ's bird life
New esearch shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since the start of the Ice Age, offering clues into future migration patterns.
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NZ Bird Life Shaped by Repeated Invasions
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from around the world since ...
10 extinct bird species that scientists are working to bring back
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
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16 Weird Extinct Animals That Once Lived on Our Planet
It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Team led by National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine ...