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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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LORD OF THE RINGS Filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson On Teaming With Colossal To Resurrect The Giant Moa (Exclusive)
Legendary filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson is joined by Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm and archaeologist Kyle Davis to discuss ...
‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa
Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...
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His precious: “Lord of the Rings ”director Peter Jackson on mission to bring back extinct bird
The director explained that "every New Zealand schoolchild has a fascination with the moa," a flightless bird similar to an ...
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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 ...
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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson reportedly 'working to bring back' a bird extinct for 600 years
Filmmaker Peter Jackson has taken up a new role. The Lord of the Rings director is on a mission to bring back the Moa, a bird native to New Zealand which went extinct 600 years ago. The largest ...
Company attempting to bring back woolly mammoth turn their sights to the giant 230kg moa bird
Dire wolves brought back from extinction already doubled in sizeThe company attempting to bring back the woolly mammoth has ...
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Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds
New Zealand’s Giant Moa stood over three meters tall but were easy prey Researchers from New Zealand will try to revive extinct birds, with help from Colossal Biosciences and film-maker Sir Peter ...