More than 2,000 terrestrial vertebrate species face a high risk of extinction from natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, according to a first-of-its ...

The term de-extinction is inaccurate, but conservation is still the best way to achieve its stated goals. We need to save the habitats of threatened animals while we can.

The real big bird returns. A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that once towered over people. The company ...

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

Colossal Biosciences plans to revive the extinct giant moa using DNA edits, sparking debate over de-extinction ethics and the ecological role of GMO animals.

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa The moa had roamed New Zealand for 4,000 years until they became extinct around 600 years ago ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas ...

The "Lord of the Rings" director owns one of the largest private collections of bones of the extinct New Zealand bird.

Peter Jackson Wants to Bring This 400-Pound Flightless Bird Back From Extinction Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12 ...

A climate change activist spray-painted Apple’s 5th Avenue storefront in New York City as part of an Extinction Rebellion protest against Big Tech’s “hypocrisy” about environmental ...

The Fermi Paradox ask us how in a Universe so vast and ancient we seem to be the only intelligent civilization around, with no older interstellar alien empires visible in the galaxy. But could ...

Colossal Biosciences shared an update on the dire wolves they brought back from extinction; three pups, Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, that have doubled in size over the past 6 months ...