What happened when a Pacific archipelago cleared rats and stoats from 117 offshore islands and let seabirds, flightless parrots, and giant crickets return to ground they had not touched in 150 years?

New Zealand has spent six decades clearing rats, stoats, and cats from its offshore islands so that flightless parrots, giant crickets, tuatara, and seabird colonies can rebuild. The recovery is now reshaping the reefs offshore too. The post What happened when a Pacific archipelago cleared rats and stoats from 117 offshore islands and let seabirds, flightless parrots, and giant crickets return to…