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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The Center has been working to secure Endangered Species Act protection for eight imperiled New Zealand birds, some of the rarest and most beautiful in the world. Although ornithologists petitioned ...
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 ...
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Extinct moa ate purple trufflelike fungi, fossil bird droppings reveal
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.
Almost a third of native species will be 'highly vulnerable' to climate change in 2050
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 ...