Evolutionary history of extinct duck revealed
A new University of Otago-led study has uncovered the origins of a mysterious lineage of mergansers in Aotearoa New Zealand. Mergansers are riverine and coastal fish-eating ducks predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere, however there are a few rare species from the Southern Hemisphere. They are the critically endangered Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) and at … Read more
