The Birds That Roamed New Zealand a Million Years Ago
Nautilus • 2/3/2026
Summary
Early Pleistocene cave fossils in New Zealand reveal a unique avifauna that existed a million years ago. This bird population was ultimately wiped out by natural disasters.
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