How did ancient moa survive the ice age – and what can they teach us about modern climate change?
- Written by: Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
Artist's impression of an eastern moa in its podocarp forest habitat. Paul Martinson.Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of NZ, CC BY-NC-NDOne species of iconic moa was almost wiped out during the last ice age, according to recently published research. But a small population survived in a modest patch of forest at the bottom of New Zealand’s South...
