‘Long lost cave in New Zealand’ reveals million-year-old wildlife, extinct birds, and a Kākāpō ancestor

For a long time, New Zealand’s ancient past felt incomplete. Bits and pieces here and there. A few fossils. Large gaps. Now, ...
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New Zealand Rare Birds Thought to Be Extinct Have Seemingly Come Back from the Dead amid AI-Assisted Preservation Efforts

The flightless birds were decimated by invasive creatures that humans brought with them to the country In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird ...
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New Zealand Cave Unearths a Lost World Destroyed by Ancient Volcanoes and Climate Shifts

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...

A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...
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New Zealand Cave Discovery Reveals Ancient Species — Including a Relative of the Kākāpō

Learn more about the animals that were living inside the 'lost world' of this New Zealand cave.
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Scientists entered a hidden New Zealand cave and uncovered a lost world

Deep beneath the rolling hills of New Zealand’s North Island, a long-sealed chamber has opened a window into a world that ...
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New Zealand's bold plan to save endangered animals: kill millions of invasive animals

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has a long beak that makes it adorable or awkward, depending on who you ask. New Zealanders are even known as ...