The South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri), endemic to New Zealand, is flightless even though it has wings. It can weigh up to 3kg and is uniquely adapted to eating grasses. It is the world ...

In the blue corner, we have the takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri), a flightless bird species that’s the largest member of the rail family – it’s got size on its side. In the red corner ...

Judi Lapsley Miller, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Perhaps the most iconic conservation success story on Tiritiri Matangi involves the takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri), a flightless rail once thought ...

Judi Lapsley Miller, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Perhaps the most iconic conservation success story on Tiritiri Matangi involves the takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri), a flightless rail once thought ...

BLUE MUSHROOM: The Entoloma Hochstetteri. A distinctive mushroom unique to New Zealand could be used to colour everything from Smarties to eye shadow in products sold around the world. The blue ...

In 2024, news broke about the successful reintroduction of the takahē, a beautiful prehistoric bird, back into the wild. Thought to be extinct for years, this milestone was achieved through an ...

Forbes details how these striking birds, aka the South Island takahē, (the North Island takahē did become extinct), hold deep cultural significance for the Māori. In their legends, they are a taonga ( ...

Declared extinct in 1898, the South Island takahe, a vibrant blue-green bird, was rediscovered in New Zealand's Murchison Mountains decades later, thanks to intriguing footprints and calls. Dr ...

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Entoloma (Fr.) P. Kumm. is a species-rich genus in the order Agaricales and is easily recognized by its pink spore print and angular basidiospores (Noordeloos 1981, Singer 1986). More than 1500 ...

The data involve several species of mushrooms, including Agaricus, Amanita, Boletus, Cortinarius, Entoloma, Hygrocybe, Lactarius, Russula, and Suillus. In this data set, there are a total of 676 ...

(Top): A werewere kōkako/Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom, famously found on the $50 note (and forests across NZ) | Peter Baxter, DOC. (Middle): A sevengill shark about to boop the camera | Greig ...