Seabird colony of black-and-white guillemots clustered on rugged coastal cliffs, resting and socializing on jagged rock ledges in their natural habitat during the breeding season

Seabird colony densely packed on stratified coastal cliffs, countless murres and guillemots perched along narrow ledges across towering rock faces, forming horizontal patterns

Seabird colony clinging to sea cliffs, with birds nesting on narrow ledges while others wheel across a clear sky beside rock faces shaped by erosion along a rugged coast

Most kākāriki are known for eating seeds, fruits, and invertebrates, but the Antipodes Island kākāriki has evolved a very different way of surviving in the subantarctic. On the remote Antipodes Islands, food can be scarce, and these parakeets have adapted by scavenging seabird carcasses and eggs. But researchers have also documented something even more unexpected: Antipodes kākāriki entering grey-backed storm petrel burrows and killing the birds before feeding on them. It’s not their only food s

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