The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh invested $15 million in Colossal Biosciences to bring ...

The Big Thicket is, as its name suggests, a densely forested area. However, it is much more than just that. The Big Thicket is a unique national preserve in southeast Texas that is home to countless ...

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

We got to thinking about Peter Jackson’s massive collection of big-ass bird bones courtesy of a very weird interview he gave ...

The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...

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

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

Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to bring back another species.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa.

If large creatures like elephants, giraffes and bison are allowed to thrive, they could alter habitats that allow for the ...