A Texas-based company with backing from Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson is trying to bring a giant bird back from extinction. Colossal Biosciences has announced an effort to genetically ...

De-Extinction' is a new documentary from Curiosity Stream that reveals how scientists brought back the dire wolf from extinction, and what animals they are working to revive now, including the Tasmani ...

Researchers at the company “Colossal Biosciences” are launching a new effort to revive the giant Moa bird in its latest ...

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

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

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.