They plan to introduce the edited calls into the embryonic tinamou or emu inside an egg, after which the cells will hopefully migrate to the embryo’s gonads, changing them so that the females ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent ...

Here's what you need to know about the Peter Jackson-backed project to 'de-extinct' Aotearoa's long-dead giant bird.

Scientists try to bring 12-foot tall giant bird back from 600-year extinction Lord of the Rings filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, who is funding the ‘de-extinction’ project, says the successful ...

Those DNA sequences will be compared to genomes of living bird species, including the ground-dwelling tinamou and emu, “to figure out what it is that made the moa unique compared to other birds,” she ...

The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target has caused widespread alarm among scientists.

News Weird News Peter Jackson This movie legend's 'pet' project is to resurrect a 12 foot tall bird from 600 years ago The South Island giant moa, a massive, flightless bird that disappeared from ...

This 'obsessed' movie legend wants to 'deextinct' a 12 foot tall bird after 600 years A colossal flightless bird that vanished from New Zealand 600 years ago could soon roam again, thanks to a ...

Researchers will then be able to pinpoint the specific genetic characteristics of moas and make those changes in the genome of either an emu or a tinamou, the two closest living relatives of moas, she ...

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 ...