Colossal aims to decode the giant moa’s DNA to revive it by genetically modifying its closest living relatives - emus and tinamous - using ancient DNA integration.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa.

Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...

The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food ...

The 'Lord of the Rings' director said this project "is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” ...

Now in its third year, Michigan’s wild turkey brood survey is part of a multistate initiative to monitor turkey populations, the DNR said. The survey is part of a larger conservation effort to ...

The company that made headlines for breathing new life into the wooly mammoth and dire wolf lines sets its sights on a new target.

We got to thinking about Peter Jackson’s massive collection of big-ass bird bones courtesy of a very weird interview he gave ...

A de-extinction company plans to recreate the giant moa bird, but scientists question the ethics and scientific accuracy of ...

"All whooping cranes today are descended from only 14 adults remaining on the Texas coast in 1941", he added. Thanks to decades of legal protection, habitat restoration and cross-border collaboration, ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...