The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...

A de-extinction company plans to recreate the giant moa bird, but scientists question the ethics and scientific accuracy of ...

In a groundbreaking Indigenous-led initiative, the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre has partnered with Texas-based de-extinction ...

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

Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...

Lords of the Rings” Oscar winner Peter Jackson has not directed a feature film in more than a decade. His last feature, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” was released in 2014. Since then, ...

After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to ...

In an ambitious attempt, Jackson is backing a $15 million project to bring back the ’12-foot flightless bird’ known as the ...

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

LOTR’s Peter Jackson joins a Māori-led plan to resurrect the long-lost giant moa by combining ancient culture with bold ...

Colossal Biosciences, which also has plans for the Tasmanian devil and the woolly mammoth, is now focusing on New Zealand's ...

We spoke with Peter Jackson about his work with Colossal Biosciences and Māori leaders to help bring back New Zealand’s ...