"I'm not sure how to express how thrilling this rediscovery is." Experts thrilled after spotting thought-to-be extinct bird ...

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

Tui's work spotlights the surprising ways that human-animal partnerships can advance conservation. While new technology, such ...

As science is progressing, companies all over the world are working on de-extincting animals in a bid to ensure ...

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

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 ...

Takahē are flightless birds also native to New Zealand. “Historically thought to be extinct twice, there are now just over 500 throughout the country,” the Department of Conservation said in ...

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.

An intriguing new study reveals that over 80% of parasites found in the ancient poo of New Zealand’s endangered kākāpō have vanished, even though the bird itself is still hanging on. Researchers ...

Takahē are flightless birds also native to New Zealand. “Historically thought to be extinct twice, there are now just over 500 throughout the country,” the Department of Conservation said in ...