In just the last several months, de-extinction—bringing back extinct species by recreating them or organisms that resemble ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced it will attempt to 'de-extinct' a group of birds called the moa, which once lived in New ...

Woolly mammoths have become the poster child for de-extinction. The giant land mammals have long held our intrigue and ...

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

This Giant Bird Went Extinct 600 Years Ago. Scientists Say They Can Resurrect It. Only a few months after announcing the ...

Among the remains of at least 110 mammoths (gargantuan creatures that reached three meters tall and weighed some six tons), ...

Fifty thousand years ago, North America's landscapes were alive with an astonishing array of enormous creatures. Massive woolly mammoths roamed vast icy plains, while dense forests echoed with the ...

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

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech company known for its grand and controversial plans to bring ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...

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