Among its most fascinating historical inhabitants was the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), a colossal, flightless bird that once lived across the island. Standing over three metres tall and weighing ...

In a bold and ambitious attempt to reverse extinction, Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based de-extinction company, is spearheading efforts to bring back iconic species that once roamed the Earth. The ...

Almost three quarters of all vertebrates that have been driven extinct by humans lived on islands. The majority of these ...

It was 10 feet tall and weighed more than 1,000 pounds. But that didn’t stop it from going extinct. An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered ...

New findings from the humble pigeon may help in an ambitious project to bring back the dodo, an extinct flightless bird, biotech firm Colossal Biosciences says.

The now extinct moa roamed New Zealand 500 years ago - Colossal Biosciences/AP Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson plans to spend millions on resurrecting a giant flightless bird that was hunted ...

Scientists have long been mystified about how huge, flying-capable birds such as ostriches, emus and kiwis wound up on ...