Even small human populations can wipe out big animal species, according to New Zealand research that suggests the moa extinction happened […]
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Restoring species no easy task
The goal of protecting threatened animal species in a pristine, untouched habitat is becoming “increasingly unobtainable” according to a new […]
Continue readingMaui’s dolphin extinction risk
A major international conference on marine mammals in Dunedin this week has focused attention on efforts to halt the extinction […]
Continue readingPacific bird extinctions decimated global biodiversity
Overhunting and deforestation by Pre-European settlers in the Pacific led to extensive loss of bird life, according to new estimates […]
Continue readingDiscovering all creatures great and small – not impossible
Naming ALL animal and plant species on earth is a realistic goal, claim researchers who estimate that all such life […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Giant tortoises re-established on island
Giant tortoises have been successfully re-introduced to one of the Galapagos islands. The tortoises were at one point threatened with […]
Continue readingOceania’s potential extinction crisis
A new paper published by Australian and New Zealand researchers has thrown into stark relief the potential ecological crisis facing […]
Continue readingPenguin bones reveal long-lost species
The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin, one of our most charismatic native species, was a stranger to New Zealand until just […]
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