Moa were large, flightless birds that wore magnificent cloaks of feathers and lived in New Zealand until about five hundred ...
A study on bird intelligence found that emus and rheas can solve puzzles to access food, proving they can innovate.
In the frozen world of Antarctica, one tiny insect has mastered the art of survival. The Antarctic midge, the only insect ...
When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
It’s already baffling how many incredible and strange creatures can be found on planet Earth, with there being well over 8 ...
Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...
For the first time, ancient DNA from droppings left by New Zealand’s flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate. The snacks, including purple lumps of a trufflelike ...