Articles for tag: Colossal Biosciences, Conservation Science, Giant Bird Return, Prehistoric Birds

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Colossal Biosciences to Revive Moa Bird – A Giant Returns from Extinction?

Suhail Ahmed

In a move that sounds equal parts science fiction and ecological moonshot, Colossal Biosciences says it’s turning its de-extinction toolkit toward New Zealand’s vanished giant, the moa. The announcement arrives with cinematic flair, including backing from filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson and collaboration with Māori partners and museum scientists who hold some of the world’s best-preserved ...

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Why the Largest Flying Bird Ever Could Barely Flap Its Wings

Suhail Ahmed

Picture a wingspan wider than a small plane’s propeller arc, shadow skimming the sea, wing joints hardly moving at all. That’s the paradox of deep time’s aerial giants: the bigger they were, the less they flapped. Paleontologists have spent decades untangling how creatures like Pelagornis and Argentavis ruled the air by surrendering much of the ...