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A female warms her egg – one of 120 laid, making 2016 in the busiest breeding season ever. Photo: Supplied
The most successful kakapo breeding season on record is thanks to the hard work of scientists, rangers and volunteers – and gadgets that might have come straight out of James Bond’s Q Branch. By Alistair Hall How do you grow the population of kakapo when kakapo can’t do it themselves? Email helps. Each morning during […]
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