#North Island

Author: Tina Hesman Saey / Source: Science News Evolutionary tweaks to DNA that bosses genes around may have grounded some birds. New genetic analyses show that mutations in regulatory DNA caused ratite birds to lose the ability to fly up to five separate times over their evolution, researchers

Source: Atlas Obscura Cape Reinga, or Te Rerenga Wairua in the Maori language, is New Zealand’s northernmost lighthouse, located at the very end of Route 1 on the tip of North Island. This stunning landscape where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean is considered by the Maori to be sacred