Lord of the Rings” filmmaker Peter Jackson is backing a project to resurrect New Zealand's extinct giant moa. But if it doesn ...

The New Zealand filmmaker has not made a feature film since 2014’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. Since then, he ...

Lord of the Rings filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, who is funding the ‘de-extinction’ project, says the successful reintroduction ...

After the Dire Wolf, Texas Company Is Now Bringing Back the Moa, a Giant Flightless Bird From Extinction A majestic bird interwoven with New Zealand's identity may soon be making a comeback. Certain ...

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

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 ...

A biotech company based in the United States, says it will attempt to bring back the South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), a towering flightless bird that went extinct in New Zealand around 600 ...

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 ...

But if it doesn’t look like Jurassic Park, then what does ‘de-extinction’ actually mean? Copyright 2025 The Associated Press.

The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...