New research has confirmed that moa, New Zealand’s giant, flightless birds, went extinct within just 300 years of human arrival. A study published in Science of the Total Environment reveals that ...

The closest living relatives of the moa, meanwhile, are the tinamous ... Australia and New Zealand has finally figured out the extinct bird's place in the family tree — and the finding further ...

Colossal Biosciences chief executive Ben Lamm said the company was interested in looking at New Zealand’s extinct bird species such as the moa in the future. “We’ve been very public about this.

Owen's statue at the Museum shows him holding the moa bone fragment ... In addition to recently extinct species, like moas and elephant birds the Museum also cares for older fossil bird specimens from ...