In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences are partnering to “de-extinct” the centuries-extinct New Zealand ...

The giant moa has been extinct for 900 years, but Maori researchers working Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Peter Jackson ...

An intriguing new study reveals that over 80% of parasites found in the ancient poo of New Zealand’s endangered kākāpō have ...

The tallest of the flightless bird, the South Island Giant Moa, once roamed freely on the South Island of New Zealand, but became extinct about 600 years ago due to overhunting by the first ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year. Bringing back woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant moa (or close approximations ...

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

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to bring back another species.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring back lost ...

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A rare bird species has been rediscovered on the main islands of New Zealand after not being seen for almost 50 ...

A US biotech company that claimed to "de-extinct" dire wolves has set its sights on bringing back the moa, a large, ...

Study reveals 80% of kākāpō parrot parasites disappeared during conservation efforts, highlighting overlooked co-extinction ...