A 19 to 16-million-year-old fossil of a kiwi-like bird unearthed at St Bathans, New Zealand, suggests that the kiwi is not a dwarf version of a distant ancestor, but more likely evolved from a tiny prehistoric bird that could have flown to New Zealand from Australia. The Great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii: a male with a juvenile. Artwork by John Gerrard Keulemans, 1876. The kiwi is nocturnal, flightless and comparatively large bird native to New...
