BirdCare Aotearoa Prioritises Native And Endemic Birds In Bold Conservation Shift
Under the new leadership, BirdCare Aotearoa is actively pursuing high-impact grants and collaborative conservation ...
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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Study Reveals Ancient Flightless Birds Helped Spreading Colorful Native Fungi, Highlights Ecological Balance
Study Reveals Ancient Flightless Birds Helped Spreading Colorful Native Fungi, Highlights Ecological Balance It is a finding ...
5 WEIRDEST-LOOKING BIRDS YOU WON’T BELIEVE EXIST
Bizarre birds like the Kakapo and Secretary bird are uniquely striking birds, making them the weirdest-looking birds in the ...
Takahē release in Rees Valley near Queenstown boosts wild population
A once-thought extinct native bird is now beating the odds, with a further release of 18 birds into the Rees Valley near ...
South Island Songs Captures The Essence Of New Zealand’s Native Birdlife: Art Exhibition, Opening Saturday 1 February
Renowned conservation artist Anna Gibbs is proud to present her first solo exhibition, South Island Songs, at Little River Gallery in Christchurch. Over a year in the making, Gibbs’ new collection ...
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Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi
But, before the arrival of humans, New Zealand did not have any mammals ... But proving that the extinct birds ate and spread these native fungi appeared difficult—until scientists stumbled ...
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 ...
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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.