The Falklands are a bird-rich ecosystem. No one threatened the warrah. Humans called it Dusicyon almost mockingly, as in ...

But the bird, a member of the crow family, vanished from the county more than 200 years ago, as a result of habitat loss and ...

Once abundant on the island of Mauritius, the Dodo bird became an iconic symbol of extinction due to human actions. This flightless bird evolved without natural predators, making it easy prey for ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

The group that resurrected the dire wolf species is looking to reestablish a giant bird with the backing of legendary filmmaker Peter Jackson.

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...

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

A new project backed by film-maker Sir Peter Jackson aims to bring the extinct South Island giant moa back to life in less ...

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says Ngāi Tahu archaeologist Kyle Davis, who is working on the moa de-extinction ...

Over 10,000 years after the dire wolf went extinct, the creature, which was featured in Game of Thrones, is no longer extinct, according to biotech company Colossal Biosciences.