Earlier this year, a company called Colossal Biosciences brought into the world a trio of dire wolves, an ancient, large kind of wolf that died out thousands of ...

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

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

Colossal Biosciences has announced it will attempt to 'de-extinct' a group of birds called the moa, which once lived in New ...

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 bird has led to an unusual ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12-foot-tall ...

LOTR’s Peter Jackson joins a Māori-led plan to resurrect the long-lost giant moa by combining ancient culture with bold ...

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...