Peter Jackson is best known for directing and producing movies such as The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films and "The Beatles: Get Back." Now, he's helping direct a project to resurrect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of a giant moa bird, which was hunted to extinction in New Zealand in the 1400s. - Credit: Courtesy of Colossal ...

For the first time, ancient DNA from droppings left by New Zealand’s flightless moa identifies actual species of fungi the doomed birds ate. The snacks, including purple lumps of a trufflelike fungus, ...

Researchers have found New Zealand's endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. Researchers have found New Zealand's ...

In our new research, we reconstructed patterns of population decline, range contraction and extinction for six moa species. We simulated interactions of moa with humans and their surroundings using ...

A team of paleontologists has uncovered a vast and previously unknown ecosystem deep inside a cave in New Zealand, revealing fossils dating back one million years. Found on the North Island near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Why aren't you doing the moa, which is a thing that I really care about?" Jackson told USA TODAY he asked the genetics wizards at ...

On Tuesday, Colossal Biosciences announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa - a husky, wingless bird that could ...