![]() ![]() The kakapo used to be more widespread, but having evolved with few natural predators on the islands, the birds were poorly adapted for the modern world - and the rat and stoat invasions that came along with it. In 1995, just 51 of these large flightless birds waddled around the forests of island sanctuaries in their native New Zealand. ![]() When the kakapo, a critically endangered parrot, makes the papers, it’s generally not good news. Photo provided by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. Information on controversies in the public arena relating to evolutionĪ kakapo.Alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards.The big issues – Pacing, diversity, complexity, and trends.Macroevolution – Evolution above the species level.Microevolution – Evolution within a population.Mechanisms: the processes of evolution – Selection, mutation, migration, and more.The history of life: looking at the patterns – Change over time and shared ancestors.An introduction to evolution: what is evolution and how does it work?. ![]()
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