Sir Peter Jackson is best known for bringing Middle-earth to life on the big screen, but now he’s helping bring back from the giant moa from extinction. In a groundbreaking partnership, the Lord of th ...

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

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New Zealand bird has led to an unusual partnership with a biotech ...

The New Zealand filmmaker has not made a feature film since 2014’s The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. Since then, he ...

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

Lord of the Rings filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, who is funding the ‘de-extinction’ project, says the successful reintroduction ...

The 'Lord of the Rings' director said this project "is just as exciting, if not more exciting, than any film I could make.” ...

With modern scientific advancements, it's possible that the animals you've only seen in books could be making a return to society. After all, who wouldn't want to bring back something called the ...

The company that made headlines for breathing new life into the wooly mammoth and dire wolf lines sets its sights on a new target.

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

A de-extinction company plans to recreate the giant moa bird, but scientists question the ethics and scientific accuracy of ...

The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.