The director explained that "every New Zealand schoolchild has a fascination with the moa," a flightless bird similar to an ...

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

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of overhunting.

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

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

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, ...

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 years to reach maturity and laid one egg at a time. That egg was especially ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

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

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 ...