Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule hidden beneath New Zealand

A remarkable fossil discovery inside a cave near Waitomo on New Zealand's North Island is giving scientists an unprecedented look at a long vanished ecosystem. Researchers from Australia and New Zealand have uncovered the remains of ancient birds and frogs that lived around 1 million years ago, including a previously unknown relative of the iconic kākāpō.

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