Sir Peter Jackson got everyone talking with his plans to bring back the moa (in in partnership with the Ngai Tahu Research Centre at Canterbury University and Canterbury Museum). But he's not the ...

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

Oscar-winning filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings, is joining forces with Colossal Biosciences, a leading genetic ...

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 ...

We've seen a US company bring the wolf species back from extinction after more than 10,000 years, and now the next animal on a "de-extinction" journey is New Zealand’s moa nunui (giant moa). The team ...

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.

Oscar-winning 'The Lord of the Rings' filmmaker Peter Jackson has not directed a feature film in over a decade.

Sir Peter Jackson is best known for bringing Middle-earth to life on the big screen, but now he’s helping bring back from the giant moa from extinction. In a groundbreaking partnership, the Lord of th ...

Standing more than three metres (12ft) high, the South Island giant moa is regarded as the tallest bird to have ever walked the face of Earth.

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

Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Heavenly Creatures and Bad Taste director has joined scientists at Colossal Biosciences and New Zealand's Ngāi Tahu Research Centre in order to revive the native bird ...