Thirteen large moa footprints have been discovered in a remote part of Auckland. The find, near the Kaipara Peninsula's South Head, was only the 14th recorded discovery of moa footprints in 150 years.
Lumps of their hardened poop in various shapes and sizes, one even showing a moa footprint, are still scattered across the country. The best troves of such coprolites lie in what Boast calls ...
Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even ... the diets of extinct flightless birds called moa that once roamed around New Zealand.
The upland moa was likely drawn to the fungi because ... Scientists can learn a lot about extinct animals by studying their footprints, bones and even teeth. But, while insightful, these artifacts ...