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Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age—we're witnessing a similar process now
Our new research tracks how bird life responded to these changes—in particular how exotic species took advantage of the ...
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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New Zealand’s Bug Of The Year Is A “Living Fossil” That Turns Prey To Soup
It’s hoped that through competitions like Bug of the Year, greater awareness will be brought to velvet worms and other bugs ...
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Repeated invasions shape NZ’s bird life
New University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research shows Aotearoa has been increasingly accepting new bird species from ...
The vanishing bird: The missing black petrels of Great Barrier Island
This is a black petrel, a tākoketai - a seagull-sized bird that only nests in New Zealand. Once found across the North Island ...
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New Zealand's bird of the year is a highly cheeky parrot known for messing with humans
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The Epic Journeys of Migratory Birds
The disappearance of godwits from New Zealand during the months when they breed led the Maori to view godwits—which they call kuaka—as birds of mystery. The sentiment is reflected in a Maori ...
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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.
Minister ‘pretty certain’ bird flu outbreak over, warns of further incursions
Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard is cautiously optimistic that a bird flu outbreak at an Otago farm has been stamped out, ...