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Peter Jackson says he's not retired, just very focused on giant bird
We got to thinking about Peter Jackson’s massive collection of big-ass bird bones courtesy of a very weird interview he gave ...
Scientists and Peter Jackson attempt to bring back an extinct bird — kind of
The genetics company is teaming up with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the ...
Complex animals living millions of years before the Cambrian Explosion revealed by seabed tracks
The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...
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This Long-Extinct Animal Once Possessed The Sharpest Teeth On Planet Earth
The conodont Wurmiella excavata was said to have had razor-sharp structures that processed prey from left to right, rather ...
‘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, ...
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‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan
Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led to an unusual ...
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 ...