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

Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12-foot-tall ...

Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.

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

A new project backed by film-maker Sir Peter Jackson aims to bring the extinct South Island giant moa back to life in less ...

Humans once lived among enormous, wingless birds in New Zealand, but within a few hundred years of our species arrival, they ...

The trusting, tubby, flightless bird became a sitting duck for hunters and easy prey for introduced species such as cats and dogs. The last dodo is thought to have been hunted in the 1660s.

A groundbreaking genetic engineering project, backed by movie director Sir Peter Jackson and iwi Ngāi Tahu, is aiming to ...

The team at Colossal Biosciences has been hard at work on a number of high-profile projects, including the recently revealed de-extinction of the Dire Wolves, but they are truly just getting started, ...

Image credits: Wasfi Akab #2 Dodo Bird - Extinct 1662 The island of Mauritius, located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, was once the only home of the dodo.

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