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Here's what you need to know about the Peter Jackson-backed project to 'de-extinct' Aotearoa's long-dead giant bird.
How close are we to bringing extinct species of wildlife back from the dead? Is deextinction really happening?
Woolly mammoths are at the forefront of controversial de-extinction efforts, writes Rebecca Woods in a commentary.
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...
Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many ...
De-Extinction' is a new documentary from Curiosity Stream that reveals how scientists brought back the dire wolf from extinction, and what animals they are working to revive now, including the Tasmani ...
Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...
The 'Lord of the Rings' director said this project "is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” ...
A de-extinction company plans to recreate the giant moa bird, but scientists question the ethics and scientific accuracy of ...
The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.
The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...
In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal ...