A major storm might not necessarily be good news, but for a group of researchers in New Zealand, bad weather has uncovered a ...

Among the analogues for mammal herbivores like sheep were the moa-nalos — a name coined by Olson and James to describe a generic assembly of large, flightless "gooselike ducks," 16-pounders who ...

Wing bones are greatly reduced in ostrich and rhea and completely absent in moa. Ostrich, rhea and moa also have sternums with no keel, a hallmark of flightless birds.

The Maui Nui Moa-nalo (left) was the largest of the grazing flightless ducks that once roamed the forests of Kauai, Oahu and Maui Nui eating leaves and ferns. -- STANTON FINK illustration For ...