Artificial eggshell comes first in attempt to revive giant flightless moa

De-extinction firm Colossal Biosciences hopes incubation system can be scaled up but other scientists are sceptical The flightless moa, an extinct bird of New Zealand, stood more than 3 metres tall, weighed over 200kg and had eggs larger than those of any bird now living. Now the de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences says it is a step closer to resurrecting the moa after creating an artificial eggshell. Colossal hopes the artificial incubation system, which it successfully used to hatch ...

By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that would be necessary to revive extinct birds such as the dodo.

By Rob Stein

Texas company hatches live chicks from artificial eggs in breakthrough that could revive the dodo: report

Colossal Biosciences says it hatched live chicks from artificial eggs for the first time, a step toward potentially reviving extinct birds like the dodo.

A de-extinction company has hatched live chicks from an artificial eggshell