The Tenacious Takahē
Once declared extinct, the world’s largest species of rail is returning to its former range in New Zealand. The post The Tenacious Takahē appeared first on Nautilus.
hen the first Polynesian navigators pulled their canoes onto the shores of Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 13th century, they found a biological wonderland—a kingdom of birds, devoid of land mammals, that had evolved in isolation for millions of years. Tiny kiwis scuttled through the forest understory. Haast’s eagles large enough to carry off a human child swooped from the sky
