When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...
New University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...
Under the new leadership, BirdCare Aotearoa is actively pursuing high-impact grants and collaborative conservation ...
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
A risk assessment by the Department of Conservation looked at 1145 species of birds, bats, lizards, and frogs, insects and plants and found almost a third would be highly vulnerable to climate change ...
Moa—large, flightless, ostrich-like birds—once roamed around New Zealand. But humans hunted ... on truffles—the island’s only native mammal species are bats and marine creatures.
DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.
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.
New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...