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

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is at it again, this time attempting to resurrect a giant that once lived alongside humans.

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

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

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

Colossal aims to decode the giant moa’s DNA to revive it by genetically modifying its closest living relatives - emus and tinamous - using ancient DNA integration.

US firm Colossal plans to revive the extinct giant moa within 10 years. The flightless bird once grew up to 3.6 meters tall.

Colossal Biosciences has announced its next de-extinction project: the return of the giant moa, a flightless bird native to New Zealand that vanished nearly 600 years ago. The effort, backed by ...

After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to bring back nine species of the extinct moa bird ...

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

Unlike other large flightless birds which still retain vestigial wings, moa were completely wingless. They took about 10 ...