New Zealand was a penguin paradise about sixty-two million years ago with a diverse range of species that evolved giant ...

Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early ...

Many birds on Rēkohu Chatham Islands show how ‘island syndrome’ influences evolution – they are distinct but remain closely ...

On board a ship in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand, we all rush to the bow for a chance to see the rare Fiordland penguin.

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Around the world, kangaroos and wallabies are well-recognized symbols of Australia, but a new discovery highlights the deeply ...

The newly described Mirasaura grauvogeli from the Middle Triassic had a striking feather-like crest, hinting that complex ...

The vessels were found in a remarkable T. rex specimen nicknamed Scotty. Held in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s collection ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society has documented the discovery of an ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s how a group of persistent scientists unlocked the secrets to bringing them ...