New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Innovative advances in DNA sequencing are making it possible to revive extinct bird species like the dodo, great auk, ...

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 ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird ...

New research has identified the extent to which human colonisation and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...

Feral species that prey on New Zealand’s birdlife have caused havoc across both islands, and more than 80 per cent are now ...

In 2024, researchers found many of New Zealand's endangered flightless birds, including the takahē ... areas where the last of the now extinct moa found temporary refuge. DOC’s takahē expert ...

Haast's eagle was the largest bird of prey to have ever existed, with a wingspan of up to 10 feet and talons strong enough to bring down large prey, including the enormous flightless moa.

Paleontologists have found ancient DNA and spores of truffle-like fungi, including at least one colorful species, inside two coprolites of the upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus), an extinct species of ...