News / Life / Entertainment ‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New ...

Carlos Abundez was charged with smuggling 14 endangered toucans into the U.S., hiding them cruelly in his car's dashboard. He faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa The moa had roamed New Zealand for 4,000 years until they became extinct around 600 years ago ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has announced proposed rules that remove the category of “special concern” species from its rule on threatened and endangered species.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like ...

Socialist corruption has put the leader of Izquierda Unida, Antonio Maíllo, in a difficult position, as he resists having the party leave the Government.

This is the only way to save the vaquita, as other methods used to save endangered species have failed with this small porpoise population. Why the Vaquita Cannot Live in Captivity ...

Some estimates put the population at a few hundred. What is known is that, at that time, they were not an endangered species. By 1978, the four to five-foot-long porpoise, weighing around 100 pounds, ...

The Canadian government says it is taking steps this summer to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with ships in its waters.