A 1250 Year Old New Zealand Kauri tree Wildlife of New Zealand . Huge set of links. BBC September 1999. Weta information Tuataras Tuataras here and here and here . The Kakapo The Kakapo .
Sloths now live in trees, eating leaves and moving with painful slowness.
But remains of huge ground sloths have been found in South America, including one that must have been almost as large as an elephant. And, from the same researcher, a new look at glypodont biology . From Nature news service, May 1999. The gigantic Cuban owl Ornimegalonyx Further Reading New references added to the 3d edition. All links checked February 14, 2001.