A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

A company that says it has brought back the dire wolf has now shared plans to revive the moa, a giant bird that became extinct hundreds of years ago. The moa was a flightless bird that once lived in ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.

Scientists have been using ancient DNA to investigate questions about extinct animals since 1984, when researchers recovered two pieces of DNA from a museum specimen of a quagga, a zebra-like species ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four ...

India, NZ aim to double bilateral trade in 5 years Deal expected to be signed in first half of next year Deal to eliminate or reduce tariffs on 95% on NZ products Deal to eliminate tariffs on all ...

The simple act of crossing the road landed gang member Calen Morris in more trouble with the police. He had been wearing his leather patch – depicting a horned skull engulfed in red flames, and the ...

Birds are vanishing at an alarming rate. Since the Late Pleistocene, thousands of species have disappeared forever. Estimates ...

A woman in New Bedford had an unexpected guest Friday night after she found a tropical bird in her backyard. The New England Wildlife Center said they received a call about the Purple Gallinule ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...