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Company attempting to bring back woolly mammoth turn their sights to the giant moa - a 3.6 metre-tall bird that weighed 230kg
Colossal Biosciences has announced it will attempt to 'de-extinct' a group of birds called the moa, which once lived in New ...
Giant, flightless bird is next target for de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences
A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds
Researchers from New Zealand will try to revive extinct birds, with help from Colossal Biosciences and film-maker Sir Peter ...
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Colossal's plans to "de-extinct" the giant moa are still impossible
After a controversial project claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has now announced plans to ...
The Extinct Moa—a 12-ft. Flightless Bird—May Follow In the Dire Wolf’s Footsteps
“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...
Lord of the Wings? ‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs plan to ‘de-extinct’ New Zealand bird
In a “Jurassic Park”-esque fashion, “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson and the Texas-based biotech company Colossal ...
Dire Wolf's Return Could Be Followed by Moa's Revival—A 12-Ft. Flightless Bird Extinct for 600 Years
Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, the company behind the dire wolf's resurrection, could soon bring back another extinct ...
First The Dire Wolf, Now NZ's Giant Moa: Why Real 'De-Extinction' Is Unlikely To Fly
The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa ) is the next“de-extinction” target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...
‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa
Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...
First They Brought Back Dire Wolves. Next Up Is the World’s Tallest Bird
Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.
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Ngāi Tahu partners with colossal and Peter Jackson to resurrect the extinct Moa
In a groundbreaking Indigenous-led initiative, the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre has partnered with Texas-based de-extinction ...
Colossal Biosciences to ‘de-extinct’ New Zealand's giant flightless bird moa. What to know
Colossal Biosciences, together with Maori partners, has revealed intentions to functionally bring back the moa – a massive, flightless bird that disappeared within 150 years after humans arrived in ...