Scientists at a Dallas-based biotech firm say they are bringing back the dire wolf from extinction, a species popularized by the fantasy TV show "Game of Thrones." Colossal Biosciences, the world's ...

Three dire wolf pups are growing up fast after scientists claimed to have revived the ancient species in the world's first successful animal "de-extinction." Two male pups named Romulus and Remus are ...

Romulus and Remus are doing what puppies do: chasing, tussling, nipping, nuzzling. But there’s something very un-puppylike about the snowy white 6-month olds—their size, for starters. At their young ...

A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups − all with ...

In early April, Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences claimed they had resurrected the long-extinct Ice Age dire wolf using gene editing techniques such as CRISPR on gray wolf genes. These edited genes ...

Patrick Varine Sunday, April 20, 2025 5:01 a.m. | Sunday, April 20, 2025 5:01 a.m. Some of the scientific groundwork that paved the way for a rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf took place in ...

Advancing science may make it possible to bring back extinct species like the dire wolf—but should it? CU Boulder environmental studies and philosophy Professor Ben Hale says the answer is complicated ...