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Vanesa De Pietri, Senior Research Fellow in Palaeontology, University of Canterbury

Dagger beaks and strong wings: new fossils rewrite the penguin story and affirm NZ as a cradle of their evolution

An artistic representation of a North Canterbury beach some 62 millions years ago. Canterbury Museum and Tom Simpson, CC BY-SA

Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins.

We know Antarctica was home to at least ten species, including giant penguins, during the Eocene epoch from about 56 to 34 million years ago.

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