Researchers at the company “Colossal Biosciences” are launching a new effort to revive the giant Moa bird in its latest effort to resurrect an extinct species. NBC News’ Marissa Parra has the details.

The project, in early stages, aims to bioengineer a moa-like bird while collaborating with Māori leaders and scientists to guide cultural and ecological restoration efforts in New Zealand Critics ...

WASHINGTON -- Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led ...

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ director said this project “is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is temporarily ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal CEO Ben Lamm hold up bones from Jackson’s collection of extinct moa bones in Wellington, New Zealand, 2024. A depiction is represented of the largest ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Only a few months after announcing the controversial “de-extinction” of the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now set its sights on restoring the ...

Colossal Biosciences is working on bringing back a long-dormant animal, and it has found a partner to help. The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to ...

Peter Jackson attends 'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' world premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Dec. 3, 2024; Engraving depicting a giant moa, an extinct genus of birds ...

WASHINGTON — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird led to an ...