New research reveals that the extinction of New Zealand’s giant, flightless moa was inevitable after human arrival. Using ...

A bio-engineering company says it's interested in extinct New Zealand species.

Unlike any other bird, the moa’s bones were filled with marrow. There being no animals in New Zealand to prey upon it, the moa’s wings, and even their trace in the skeleton, disappeared.

the group conducted a DNA analysis of fossilized moa dung. As the global climate has warmed, scientists have continued to learn more about the ways plants and animals adapt to changes in ...