The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...

Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

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We all know why the Mediterranean, Norwegian fjords, Caribbean, and Canary Islands top the Cruise Lines International Association’s table of places Britons love to cruise. Never mind the prospect of ...

Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a prehistoric giant penguin unlike any other deep in the craggy coastlines of New Zealand’s South Island. Named Kumimanu fordycei, this enormous seabird ...

Scientists unearthed a 57-million-year-old giant penguin in New Zealand that once ruled the seas This recently discovered species, Kumimanu fordycei, weighed 154 kilograms and is thought to have ...

Millions of years ago, several species of giant birds called "mega penguins" roamed the Earth — and some of them stood taller ...

"Given that the earliest giant New Zealand penguin fossils pre-date the occurrence of penguins on other continents, it is tempting to speculate that penguins approached the peak of their known body ...

The gigantic fossilized penguin bones discovered on the South Island of New Zealand are a "startling" find, scientists said.

When a group of junior fossil hunters in Hamilton, New Zealand, went on a field trip in 2006, they dug an intriguing fossil out of the sandstone at Kawhia Harbor.