moose

Could an uber-moose take over Fiordland?

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Ten moose were upended into the Dusky Sounds in 1910. Now, their descendants are getting their day in the sun. The climate crisis is affecting wildlife all over the country: rockhopper penguin populations are in drastic decline, tuatara eggs aren’t hatching females, and the ice walls keeping predators away from kea are melting. But it’s … Read more

Does the Canterbury Panther exist? Six experts weigh in

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Recent sightings of a large and potentially dangerous cat demand a social and political response, so we gathered a panel of experts to do just that.  New Zealand’s cryptids range from the mundane to the miraculous to the moose, but none resurface with such regularity as the Canterbury Panther. It feels like once a year, … Read more