New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

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 New ...

But they’re not the only crawlies on the move, and more will come as the climate warms. Michaela Gower reports. A few years ...

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 ...

New research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human ...

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great changes.

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

Department of Conservation kākāriki karaka operations manager Wayne Beggs told Morning Report the birds have been declared ...

Pascale Lubbe currently receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Michael Knapp has received funding from The Royal Society of New Zealand (Rutherford Discovery Fellowship). Nic Rawlence receives ...

Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes—in particular how exotic species took advantage of the shifting landscapes to make New Zealand home. Native birds responded to ...

The giant, flightless bird known as the moa was originally from New Zealand and was last seen hundreds of years ago. Today the species' revival is being discussed with the help of DNA analysis.