In an ambitious scientific endeavor, Colossal Biosciences is attempting to bring back the Giant Moa, a towering flightless bird that disappeared over 600 years ago. This de-extinction project not only ...

The project, in early stages, aims to bioengineer a moa-like bird while collaborating with Māori leaders and scientists to guide cultural and ecological restoration efforts in New Zealand Critics ...

A Texas-based company with backing from Lord of the Rings film-maker Sir Peter Jackson is trying to bring a giant bird back from extinction. Colossal Biosciences has announced an effort to genetically ...

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ director said this project “is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is temporarily ...

Colossal Bioscience Chief Executive Ben Lamm tells Ryan Bridge about his company's plan to bring back the South Island Giant ...

Colossal Biosciences has hit the ground running with their de-extinction projects. They previously made waves in the scientific and pop culture communities by bringing back dire wolves, made famous by ...

WASHINGTON -- 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 ...

The real big bird returns. A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that once towered over people. The company, Colossal ...

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences' effort to revive the extinct giant moa bird using ancient DNA and gene editing The ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal CEO Ben Lamm hold up bones from Jackson’s collection of extinct moa bones in Wellington, New Zealand, 2024. A depiction is represented of the largest ...