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Colossal aims to resurrect the 12-foot Giant Moa bird

In an ambitious scientific endeavor, Colossal Biosciences is attempting to bring back the Giant Moa, a towering flightless bird that disappeared over 600 years ago. This de-extinction project not only ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long-shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa

WASHINGTON — Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led ...
AOL

This Giant Bird Went Extinct 600 Years Ago. Scientists Say They Can Resurrect It.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Earlier this year, scientists at the Texas-based Colossal Biosciences boldly announced the “world’s first de-extinction” by bringing back the long ...
Men's Journal

Peter Jackson Invests Millions to 'De-Extinct' This Species

The ‘Lord of the Rings’ director said this project “is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is temporarily ...
The Times Leader

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long-shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal CEO Ben Lamm hold up bones from Jackson’s collection of extinct moa bones in Wellington, New Zealand, 2024. Courtesy of Colossal Biosciences via AP A ...
Texarkana Gazette

‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa

WASHINGTON -- Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led ...