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New Zealand
Fossilized bones of two new species of tiny, flightless extinct birds have been discovered by Australasian scientists in 19 to 16-million-year-old sediments of an ancient lake on the South Island of …
While the giant birds that once dominated New Zealand are all extinct, a study of their preserved dung (coprolites) has revealed many aspects of their ancient ecosystem, with important insights for o…
The discovery of fossil insects, nematodes and fungi preserved in amber from sites in Otago is shedding new light on New Zealand's geological and biological history. An image of a insect fossiliz…
Biologists have known for a long time that animals living in colder climates tend to have larger bodies, supposedly as an adaptation to reduce heat loss. However, understanding how temperature affect…
The fossilized remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by a UNSW Sydney-led international team of scientists. Artist's impression of a New…
A young researcher has combined cutting-edge data analysis and ancient artefacts to gain fresh insights into our country's pre-European history. Obsidian has long been a useful reference for arch…
Together with a team from New Zealand, Senckenberg scientist Dr. Gerald Mayr described a hitherto unknown fossil giant penguin species. The excavated bones indicate that the penguin stood over 1.7 me…
Two types of New Zealand kiwi birds are a rare bright spot in a mostly grim assessment of global species at risk of extinction. Northern brown kiwi in New Zealand [Credit: Neil Robert Hutton via AP] …
The National Security Agency (NSA) illegally used technology to spy on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, according to new documents from New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB…
On the 3rd of August, 1985, researcher Timothy Good wrote to the Air Vice Marshal Ewan Jamieson, Chief of the Air Staff, at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand, askin…
A Greerton resident's former disbelief in claims of UFO sightings has been changed forever by what he saw above Argyll Road last night. He was awoken about 12.30am by a thud he imagined wa…
