A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...

Backed by Peter Jackson and Māori leaders, a U.S. biotech firm plans to revive the colossal South Island moa – the largest bird that ever lived – within eight years.

Hollywood Peter Jackson’s wild new project isn’t science fiction: This is the filmmaker’s real-life resurrection project The legendary Lord of the Rings director is embarking on a new work ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious ...

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

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 ...

We've seen a US company bring the wolf species back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, and now the next animal on a "de-extinction" journey is New Zealand’s moa nunui (giant moa). The team ...

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.