New Zealand's little penguins are recent Australian invaders
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 22:31
in Biology & Nature
The little penguin species (popularly known as little blue penguins) found in southern New Zealand is a surprisingly recent invader from Australia, according to a new study. Following the recent discovery that little penguins in the southern province of Otago belong to an Australian species, a team of researchers from New Zealand and the United States set out to determine when the Aussies first arrived.