PERHAPS no event in the ornithological world was more astounding than the discovery of the bones of the largest known bird, the moa, which existed in New Zealand, the fringe of the great sunken ...

Moa-nalo are a group of flightless birds that lived in Hawaii for over 3 million years until humans arrived. They had large, massive turtlelike beaks, complete with teeth. Some species were as ...

These settlers hunted moa to extinction and took away Haast's eagle's prime source of food. Further damage was caused to this beautiful bird by habitat destruction and changes due to human activity.