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Scientists Discover Giant 300-Year-Old Creature In New Zealand
These corals are mostly found in deep waters and are used for medicine and jewelry in many cultures.
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Scientists Plan To De-Extinct 12-Foot-Tall Moa Bird Gone For 600 Years
During this long period, the moa developed several unique traits that are extremely difficult to replicate.
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Ostrich, Emu Ancestors Could Fly, Scientists Discover
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them
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Scientists To Resurrect Tallest Bird To Have Ever Lived On Earth
Standing more than three metres (12ft) high, the South Island giant moa is regarded as the tallest bird to have ever walked the face of Earth.
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Rare New Zealand Snail Lays Egg From Neck For First Time
A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc.
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Scientists Examine Rare Spade-Tooth Whale: Key Discoveries Unveiled
Scientists in New Zealand are conducting the first-ever dissection of a complete spade-toothed whale, one of the rarest whale species globally.
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New Zealand Scientists Dissect World's Rarest Spade-Toothed Whale
New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented.
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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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Scientists Discover Ghostly 'Spookfish' That Prowls Pacific Ocean Floor
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down.
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World's Rarest Whale Washes Up On New Zealand Beach
The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.
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Scientists Discover Giant 300-Year-Old Creature In New Zealand
These corals are mostly found in deep waters and are used for medicine and jewelry in many cultures.
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Scientists Plan To De-Extinct 12-Foot-Tall Moa Bird Gone For 600 Years
During this long period, the moa developed several unique traits that are extremely difficult to replicate.
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Ostrich, Emu Ancestors Could Fly, Scientists Discover
It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them
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Scientists To Resurrect Tallest Bird To Have Ever Lived On Earth
Standing more than three metres (12ft) high, the South Island giant moa is regarded as the tallest bird to have ever walked the face of Earth.
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Rare New Zealand Snail Lays Egg From Neck For First Time
A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc.
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Scientists Examine Rare Spade-Tooth Whale: Key Discoveries Unveiled
Scientists in New Zealand are conducting the first-ever dissection of a complete spade-toothed whale, one of the rarest whale species globally.
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New Zealand Scientists Dissect World's Rarest Spade-Toothed Whale
New Zealand scientists on Monday began dissecting a whale considered the rarest in the world, a species so elusive that only seven specimens have ever been documented.
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2022 Tonga Eruption: Public Observations and Scientific Data Illuminate Hunga Volcano's Global Impact
The Hunga volcano eruption near Tonga on January 15, 2022, sent shockwaves and tsunamis across the globe, creating low, booming sounds heard as far away as Alaska. In New Zealand, more than 2,100 public observations of the eruption, from rumbling sounds to animals reacting, helped scientists at GNS Science cross-verify seismic and atmospheric data....
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Scientists Discover Ghostly 'Spookfish' That Prowls Pacific Ocean Floor
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down.
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World's Rarest Whale Washes Up On New Zealand Beach
The body of a spade-toothed whale -- a species so rare it has never been seen alive -- appears to have washed up on a New Zealand beach, scientists say.
