An intriguing new study reveals that over 80% of parasites found in the ancient poo of New Zealand’s endangered kākāpō have ...

A rare bird species has been rediscovered on the main islands of New Zealand after not being seen for almost 50 ...

Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...

Jackson told USA TODAY he asked the genetics wizards at the company, referencing the species of flightless birds which were indigenous to New Zealand but went extinct about 600 years ago.

Thanks to this furry local hero, a species once considered lost is getting a second chance to thrive. Experts turn to ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year. Bringing back woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant moa (or close approximations ...

The giant moa has been extinct for 900 years, but Maori researchers working Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Peter Jackson ...

The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Ben Lamm, an entrepreneur focused on resurrecting extinct species, joins "NewsNation Now" to discuss why he and legendary film director Peter Jackson want to bring back the moa, a giant bird from ...

Considered the world's tallest bird before it went extinct, "it's part of a family of large birds that once inhabited our ancestral tribal territories," said Kyle Davis, a Ngāi Tahu archaeologist ...

They are “New Zealand’s largest reptile,” measuring up to about 1.5 feet long and weighing just over 3 pounds. Takahē are flightless birds also native to New Zealand.