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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Only a few months after announcing the controversial “de-extinction” of the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now set its sights on restoring the nine species of giant moa that roamed New ...

Genetic engineering startup Colossal Biosciences has added the South Island giant moa — a powerful, long-necked species that stood 10 feet (3 meters) tall and may have kicked in self-defense ...

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 ...