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

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.

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.

Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings, is joining forces with Colossal Biosciences, a leading genetic engineering company, to attempt a project that might seem more at home in a ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Sir Peter Jackson is best known for bringing Middle-earth to life on the big screen, but now he’s helping bring back from the giant moa from extinction. In a groundbreaking partnership, the Lord of th ...

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