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Another extinct bird: Northland’s unique shag

Curator of vertebrates Alan Tennyson discusses another previously unknown New Zealand bird extinction, published in a new article today. Read more

2017-08-14
By: Alan Tennyson
On: 14 Aug 2017
In: Science
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Another extinct bird: New Zealand’s prehistoric swan

Curator of vertebrates, Alan Tennyson, discusses new findings published today that New Zealand and the Chatham Islands had their own unique prehistoric swan. Read more

2017-07-26
By: Alan Tennyson
On: 26 Jul 2017
In: Science

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