Long before modern species appeared, otters existed that were closer in size to lions than the small mammals known today.

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New Zealand adds feral cats to Predator Free 2050, aiming to protect native wildlife, restore ecosystems and strengthen national conservation efforts across wildlife regions.

Adding feral cats to the Predator Free 2050 hit-list may be justified – but it also forces us to confront uncomfortable ...

New research reveals the significant risk New Zealand’s toothed whales and dolphins (odontocetes) face from human-made per- ...

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So Dilophosaurus is no longer believed to have been venomous; but what about other dinosaurs?  In 2009, a small, feathered ...

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A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...