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

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.

While Peter Jackson is busy working on the new Lord of the Rings movie, The Hunt for Gollum, he’s also pursuing something very different indeed: the resurrection of extinct animals. In an exclusive ...

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...

H umans once lived among enormous, wingless birds in New Zealand, but within a few hundred years of our species arrival, they were wiped out. Now, Colossal Biosciences has announced its plans to ...

You might be surprised to know that Mexico is home to over 1300 islands. Here are details on its most remote island, as well ...

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.

In this episode, we take a closer look at the Nicobar pigeon - one of the most stunning and mysterious birds in the world. With its iridescent feathers and island-dwelling lifestyle, it’s not only ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 99% of the United States' coastal prairie lands have been lost to agriculture, range ...

More than 35 species of falcons roam the Earth’s skies at present. But there used to be at least three others. Here’s the story of the confirmed falcon species lost to the world forever.

In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided against declaring the bird extinct, even as it noted that the last generally agreed upon sighting of the bird was in 1944. In Benavidez’s rendering, ...