DOC 'cautiously optimistic' for New Zealand's rarest bird, the fairy tern
Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.
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New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest 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. The dead spade-toothed whale ...
Rare new fossil sheds light on NZ’s extinct dolphin-like reptiles
Fossils from an ichthyosaurs found in North Canterbury are helping advanced understanding of these dolphin-like reptiles.
Mouse plague causes havoc for critically endangered Alborn skink
A critically endangered lizard on the West Coast is facing extinction because of a "mouse eruption", the Department of ...
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New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world's rarest whale died from head injuries
MELBOURNE, Australia — (AP) — Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world's rarest whale died ... a research center near the New Zealand city of Dunedin, the ...