Moa extinction: Human colonization sealed fate of New Zealand's giants, study shows
New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
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Lesson One
From the Galapagos Islands to New Zealand, species of birds that exist today model characteristics of their ancestors that provide clues to the environmental forces that shaped their evolution.
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Sperm race funds rare New Zealand bird's survival
The Great Hihi Sperm Race will pit samples from birds collected from four different hihi colonies, and donors can place a ten NZ dollar (US$7.30; £5.15) bet on which of the 128 samples swims the ...
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Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi
Boast and a team of researchers, for example, are using fossilized dung to learn more about the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand. Coprolites helped ...
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NZ’s first avian flu scare puts the spotlight on disposal of diseased birds
Bird flu means mass chicken killing. Some 200,000 hens in Otago were gassed in December to halt the spread of an avian influenza that had become highly pathogenic. Shocking as the numbers sound ...
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Kea named New Zealand's Bird of the Year
The kea has overcome vote-rigging and online trolling to be named New Zealand's Bird of the Year after two weeks of heated campaigning. While last month's New Zealand election means Jacinda Arden ...
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Endangered Endemic Birds Flock To Makarora Following Proactive Predator Trapping
Introduced predators such as rats and stoats kill more than 25 million native birds and wildlife every year in New Zealand. An estimated 1382 rats were dispatched in traps and an estimated 3600 ...