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‘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, ...
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 ...
After dire wolf's return, Peter Jackson wants to bring back this New Zealand bird
Texas genetics engineering company Colossal Biosciences is teaming with filmmaker Peter Jackson and New Zealand experts to ...
Peter Jackson Wants to Bring This 400-Pound Flightless Bird Back From Extinction
Along with Colossal Biosciences, the filmmaker is joining an indigenous-centered partnership to resurrect the 12-foot-tall ...
Peter Jackson, Maoris, Colossal To De-Extinct World’s Largest Bird
The giant moa has been extinct for 900 years, but Maori researchers working Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Peter Jackson are partnering to bring the species back.
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Peter Jackson Funds the Resurrection of New Zealand’s Lost Giant Bird
We spoke with Peter Jackson about his work with Colossal Biosciences and Māori leaders to help bring back New Zealand’s ...
Rare, ‘inquisitive' creature shot in leg in New Zealand. It's going home healed
Wildlife experts said this curious and intelligent species has been known to interact with many human objects, from bicycles ...