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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.
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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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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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'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 ...
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The moa, a giant, flightless bird, is next target for de-extinction ...
Genetic engineering startup Colossal Biosciences has added the South Island giant moa — a powerful, long-necked species that stood 10 feet (3 meters) tall and may have kicked in self-defense ...
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Extinct Bird, New Zealand's Moa, to Be Brought Back
Colossal Biosciences, the startup that brought back the dire wolf, is now focusing on New Zealand's giant moa.
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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 ...