Pastures Past: The many moa discoveries of the 1930s
Moa were large, flightless birds that wore magnificent cloaks of feathers and lived in New Zealand until about five hundred ...
10 extinct bird species that scientists are working to bring back
Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...
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Museum Alive with David Attenborough
Until this skeleton was sent here. It was a giant. ♪♪ The Maori in their legend had called it a moa. But was it the largest bird that had ever lived? ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Moa squawks ...
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The 6 Best Children’s Books About Extinct Animals – Ranked
Out of 900 species, 85 are mammals, 159 are birds, 35 are amphibians ... and the U.K. The book covers around 36 different species such as the giant moa, the dodo, and the black rhino that are now ...
Emus might not be the ‘world’s dumbest bird’ after all
Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...
Science Daily2d
Big birds like emus are technical innovators, study shows
Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.
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Large flightless birds are more intelligent than we realized
A study on bird intelligence found that emus and rheas can solve puzzles to access food, proving they can innovate.
Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
When landscapes change, exotic species take advantage of new habitats. Such a pulse of colonisation coincided with the Ice ...
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Researchers Use A.I. to Find an Elusive and ‘Odd’ Australian Bird. It Hadn’t Been Recorded in the Area Since 1989
Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...