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

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year. Bringing back woolly mammoths, dire wolves, and giant moa (or close approximations of those ancient creatures) is undeniably enticing, but it doesn’t do much for the animals and ecosystems that need our help today.

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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 settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas-based biotech company says it has a plan to bring it back.

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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 bring back nine species of the extinct moa bird

Dallas-based biotech company sets its "de-extinction" sights on big bird with claws

Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering startup based in Dallas, wants to revive the moa, a flightless bird species that ...

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

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

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The Extinct Moa—a 12-ft. Flightless Bird—May Follow In the Dire Wolf’s Footsteps

“Some of those iconic species that feature in our tribal mythology, our storytelling, are very near and dear to us,” says ...

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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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A Colossal Moa: One Of The Biggest Birds Ever To Walk The Earth Becomes 5th "De-Extinction" Species

Humans once lived among enormous, wingless birds in New Zealand, but within a few hundred years of our species arrival, they ...

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First They Brought Back Dire Wolves. Next Up Is the World’s Tallest Bird

Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.

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After the direwolf: Colossal Biosciences now also wants to "revive" Moas

A US company wants to revive extinct animal species. Following an impetus from film director Peter Jackson, it is also ...

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'We're bringing back avian dinosaurs': De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years

The South Island giant moa could be the next species that biotech company Colossal Biosciences "brings back" from extinction — but experts say the result will not and "cannot be" a moa.

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