Drawing on Queensland’s present to recreate New Zealand’s past

Drawing on Queensland’s present to recreate New Zealand’s past

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  This story starts and ends with a duck. It also includes volcanoes, subtropical rainforest, an idyllic lake and a team of dedicated scientists. But let’s begin with the duck. I met the duck in Germany, in 2008. The lovely … Continued

Walk like a man: Was the giant kangaroo too big to hop?

Walk like a man: Was the giant kangaroo too big to hop?

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Many years ago, Franz Kafka imagined a creature that was elusive, and remained tantalizingly out of reach, so that its exact nature was never quite discerned: The animal resembles a kangaroo, but not as to the face, which is flat … Continued