Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...

After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to ...

Home Topics Wildlife Extinct giant eagle was big enough to snatch koalas from trees Extinct giant eagle was big enough to snatch koalas from trees By Ellen K. Mather, Flinders University; Aaron Camens ...

In a stunning turn of events, the harpy eagle, once thought to be extinct in Mexico, has been rediscovered in the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas.

Among the birds, the eagles are the most formidable and dangerous of the lot, but one extinct eagle puts all the others to shame.

An extinct 10-foot-long eagle could pick up kangaroos with its terrifying talons Dynatoaetus gaffae went extinct with much of Australia’s other megafauna 50,000 years ago. By Laura Baisas ...

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...

Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

Fossils uncovered in Australia belong to a newfound species of extinct eagle that was big enough to pick up hobbit-size prey, like the fictional giant eagles in "The Lord of the Rings." ...

The now-extinct Haast’s eagle hunting moa in New Zealand, which lacked other large predators. Today scientists are looking at the ancient history of the islands’ birds to better understand how ...

In Cuba, the extinct Gigantohierax was another massive eagle, weighing over 10 kg, known to hunt large prey like sloths and giant rodents.

This giant eagle was most likely one of Australia’s top predators during the Pleistocene. Read more: It was long thought these fossils came from an eagle.