In response to these losses, scientists are constantly working on the new field: De-extinction or species revival that uses genetic engineering and cloning, not only to make the DNA of lost species ...

Appearing in New Zealand sometime between 700,000 to 1.8 million years ago, everything about this now-extinct beast of a bird ...

Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.

With traditional eats and themed cocktails, Moa Kai Hawaiian Diner is on a mission to bring Hawaiian food and culture to Orlando. New Hawaiian diner Moa Kai is now in soft-opening mode in the former ...

Incredible video shows the moment two juvenile cassowaries ran free into the wild. Moments earlier, purpose-built cages were hauled into Japoon National Park in Queensland’s west and the doors pulled ...

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It's been 90 years since Arthur Allen led a team from Cornell University across the United States, including Jim Tanner, future University of Tennessee zoology professor, searching for vanishing birds ...

The project, in early stages, aims to bioengineer a moa-like bird while collaborating with Māori leaders and scientists to guide cultural and ecological restoration efforts in New Zealand Critics ...

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences' effort to revive the extinct giant moa bird using ancient DNA and gene editing The ...

“Lords of the Rings” Oscar winner Peter Jackson has not directed a narrative feature film in more than a decade. His last feature, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” was released in 2014.

Only a few months after announcing the controversial “de-extinction” of the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now set its sights on restoring the nine species of giant moa that roamed New Zealand ...