The bird is of cultural significance to the Māori people of New Zealand, and its numbers are starting to increase again.

Researchers created 3D models of ancient tracks in Oregon’s John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The study revealed a ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument ...

including impressions left behind by prehistoric birds, mammals, lizards and invertebrates. The team's research, recently published in the peer-reiewed Palaeontologia Electronica journal ...

Advanced 3D imaging techniques used by fossil track specialist Connor Bennett and a team of scientists identified four sets of impressions, known as trace fossils, left by prehistoric birds ...