Science Learning Hub logo
TopicsConceptsCitizen scienceTeacher PLDGlossary
Sign in
Image

Moa skeleton

Moa skeleton on black background.

Moa likely carried their heads forward, similar to a kiwi. They could lift their heads to graze among trees as well as vegetation lower down.

Glossary

Rights: Kane Fleury/Otago Museum, CC BY-ND
Published: 27 September 2018Size: 23.45 KB
Referencing Hub media

Explore related content

Appears inRelated resources
Mātauranga and the integration of Māori and western knowledge

Article

Mātauranga and the integration of Māori and western knowledge

Māori knowledge and methods are increasingly being incorporated into New Zealand’s conservation practices. In this story, we meet researcher Dr ...

Read more
Our changing ecosystems – timeline

Article

Our changing ecosystems – timeline

A look at some of the historical changes in New Zealand’s unique ecosystems and steps being undertaken to protect it. ...

Read more
Dead as the moa – oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction

Article

Dead as the moa – oral traditions show that early Māori recognised extinction

An interdisciplinary team of conservation biologist Priscilla Wehi, mātauranga Māori and linguistics expert Tom Roa, computational biologist Murray Cox and ...

Read more
Moa were ‘plain Janes’

Article

Moa were ‘plain Janes’

Researchers from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research and Adelaide University in Australia have managed to extract ancient DNA from feathers belonging ...

Read more
Moa poo clues

Article

Moa poo clues

New Zealand scientists are using fossilised moa poo (coprolites) to study the diets and habitats of the large flightless native ...

Read more
How the Ice Ages spurred the evolution of New Zealand’s weird and wiry native plants

Article

How the Ice Ages spurred the evolution of New Zealand’s weird and wiry native plants

The most controversial feature of the New Zealand flora is the plethora of small-leaved trees and shrubs with wiry interlaced ...

Read more

See our newsletters here.

NewsEventsAboutContact usPrivacyCopyrightHelp

The Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao is funded through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Science in Society Initiative.

Science Learning Hub Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao © 2007-2025 The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato