Fiona Pardington hopes an exhibition of her images of New Zealand’s extinct and endangered birds will encourage debate, as the nation weighs its environmental responsibilities.

The night parrot is a beautiful green and yellow bird native to Australia. These birds are nocturnal, nesting on the ground and favoring desert environments. The night parrot is extremely lightweight ...

The quest for dodo’s de-extinction has gathered steam again. Colossal Biosciences has announced a significant breakthrough in its attempts to bring the flightless bird back to life, 300 years after it ...

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Scientists have claimed they are one step closer to bringing the dodo back from extinction within a few years. Boffins in Texas have created gene-edited chickens that could one day lay eggs carrying ...

A biotech startup is taking the first real steps towards bringing the dodo bird back from extinction. No one has seen this bird since the late 17th century, but that doesn't mean it has been forgotten ...