Northland man's wetland destruction leads to court order for remediation
Northland's largest wetland has suffered significant damage to an area the size of 54 rugby fields after a landowner allowed ...
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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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.
Thousand birds killed in Otago avian botulism outbreak
Otago Fish & Game said it was the first known major outbreak of the bacterial disease in the region.
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Fossilized Poop Reveals How Extinct, Flightless Birds Helped Spread New Zealand’s Colorful Fungi
Moa—large, flightless, ostrich-like birds—once roamed around New Zealand. But humans hunted ... invaders and help them absorb nutrients and water. Many fungi rely on animals to spread and ...
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You Can Now Own A Sculpture Of John Oliver Riding A PÅ«teketeke
This 2022 photo from the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society shows pūteketekes at Lake ... [+] Ellesmere, south of Christchurch in New Zealand. Following John Oliver’s successful push to ...