The translocation marks the first time pukupuku or little spotted kiwi have been moved between sanctuaries since their ...

"It is kind of cool," says Mortimer, "If you think about it, every continent on the planet has different countries on it, [but] there are only three territories on Zealandia." In addition to New ...

Today, 94 per cent of Zealandia lies underwater – if we drained the oceans, we could see it unfurling some 4.9 million sqkm across the South Pacific. But new maps just released by the country ...

Beneath the South Pacific Ocean lies a microcontinent that was hidden for over 300 years. Zealandia, which separated from Australia millions of years ago and was once Earth's eighth continent ...

This chunk of continental crust, driven to the depths millions of years ago, is known as Zealandia, or by the Indigenous Māori name Te Riu-a-Māui. Now in a study published in Tectonics ...

These insights also highlight Zealandia’s role in shaping the Pacific region's dynamic geology. Dredge sites on the Fairway Ridge. Regional bathymetric map with SS2012V06 and IN2016T01 dredge sites.

New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner ...

You might be used to learning about seven continents around the world, but did you know that Zealandia is the long-lost eighth? It was undiscovered for a long time because it's mainly underwater.

Overall, the area of Zealandia is estimated to be 1.9 million square miles (4.9 million square kilometers). In 2019, scientists mapped the geology of a region of south Zealandia spanning 0.6 ...

It's the first time the country's smallest kiwi have been moved between sanctuaries since their reintroduction to the ...