Moa
Everything about the moa: size, habitat, diet, extinction, ancient DNA, and the strange facts that made Dinornithidae the only bird lineage with no wings at all and the dominant herbivore of prehistoric New Zealand.
May 2025
March 2025
Haast's Eagle
Everything about Haast's eagle: size, prey, hunting, evolution, Maori pouakai tradition, and the strange facts that made Hieraaetus moorei the largest eagle ever known and the only raptor confirmed to have preyed on humans.
Kakapo
Everything about the kakapo: size, habitat, lek breeding, booming calls, diet, conservation, and the strange facts that make Strigops habroptila the world's only flightless parrot and one of the rarest birds on Earth.
Bar-Tailed Godwit
Everything about the bar-tailed godwit: the 13,560 km non-stop flight, Alaska to New Zealand migration, size, diet, breeding, and the strange facts that make Limosa lapponica the world record holder for non-stop bird flight.
Kiwi
Everything about the kiwi: size, habitat, the only bird with nostrils at the tip of its bill, enormous 20-percent-body-weight eggs, marrow-filled bones, nocturnal foraging, conservation, and the strange facts that make Apteryx New Zealand's national bird.
January 2025
Little Penguin
Everything about the little penguin (also called fairy penguin or little blue penguin): size, habitat, diet, burrow nesting, the Phillip Island penguin parade, Maremma dog guardians, the 2016 species split, conservation, and the strange facts that make Eudyptula minor the smallest penguin on Earth.