Isolated archipelagos

Island Endemics

Where evolution gets weird in private. Giants, dwarves, flightless birds, and species that exist nowhere else.

Species

25,000

Plant species

20,000

Endangered

50%

Pressure

Islands hold 75% of recorded animal extinctions since 1500

Surprise of the day

New Zealand had no land mammals before humans — birds filled every niche, including a giant flightless eagle.

Who eats who

Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.

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