This article was originally published on Undark. Approximately 300 miles south of New Zealand, the Auckland Islands lie in a belt of winds known as the Roaring Forties. In the late 19th century, ...
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Clearing mammalian pests from the largest of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands could be done, an expert says – but it’d require a hugely-challenging, decade-long effort costing about $80m. Lying some ...
Carnival Cruise Line has announced it will homeport one of its ships in New Zealand for the first time. From May to July 2027 ...
On Auckland Islands, to borrow a line from the late Beatle George Harrison, everywhere there's lots of piggies ... Wild pigs released 200 years ago live throughout the main island, having developed ...
The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 101, No. 3 (Sep., 1989), pp. 410-435 (26 pages) Phylogenetic relationships and evidence for pectoral reduction in the extinct Auckland Islands Merganser (Mergus australis) ...