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Kairuku waewaeroa was hardly the only massive bird of its time, as New Zealand was once home to giant parrots, eagles, moa, and even bigger penguins. But without the students’ citizen science ...

Paleontologists have discovered gigantic fossilized penguin bones on the coast of New Zealand, according to a study published in the Journal of Paleontology. Only a few bones were found ...

Two new species of giant penguin have been described from fossils found on a New Zealand beach. One species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighed an estimated 150 kilogrammes and is currently thought to be one ...