Could we de-extinct the moa?

Our Changing World takes a deep dive into controversial plans by US company Colossal Biosciences, backed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, to de-extinct the Moa. In part one of a two-part series, Sharon Brettkelly looks at whether it CAN be done. Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more. LEARN MORE: Colossal Biosciences claims they have de-extincted the dire wolf, from CNN. More detail on Colossal Biosciences’ artificial egg. Listen to Kathryn Ryan speaking with ‘Mr Moa’ - paleozoologist Trevor Worthy about his long career. Auckland Museum research associate Daniel Thomas talks to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira about the discovery of million year old moa footprints. GUESTS: Dr Andrew Pask, Chief Biology Officer, Colossal Biosciences Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of Otago Palaeogenetics Laboratory, University of Otago. IN THIS EPISODE: (00:00) Could we bring the moa back? (02:30) Sequencing the moa genome (06:00) DNA data (08:00) The artificial egg breakthrough (10:20) How a "moa" would actually be created (12:30) Critics challenge the science (17:20) The conservation implications (22:00) Māori consultation questions (23:51) Will we ever see moa roaming again? (26:08) Coming up in Part 2 Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details