Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings, is joining forces with Colossal Biosciences, a leading genetic ...

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

Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences is at it again, this time attempting to resurrect a giant that once lived alongside humans.

Colossal aims to decode the giant moa’s DNA to revive it by genetically modifying its closest living relatives - emus and tinamous - using ancient DNA integration.

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...

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

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...

Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering startup based in Dallas, wants to revive the moa, a flightless bird species that ...

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

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