On October 1, 2024, two dire wolf pups—predators that roamed America over 10,000 years ago—were brought back to life using ancient DNA extracted from fossilized remains. A special technology allowed ...

As the Trump administration slashes funding for health, energy and climate research, there’s one science the administration is promoting: de-extinction. Earlier this month, a biotechnology company ...

The dire wolf has officially returned to the spotlight, but are these Ice Age predators actually as powerful as people think? In this video we break down the original dire wolf build, comparing its ...

The dire wolves brought back from extinction earlier this year are on track with their milestones and have surpassed their cousin wolves in size in the process. On Wednesday, Sept. 3, Rob Keyes of ...

Dire wolves became extinct towards the end of the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. They became well known among Game of Thrones fans after George RR Martin, the author, included them in his ...

Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences used genetic editing techniques to alter 20 genes of gray wolves (pictured above) to express certain characteristics of ancient dire wolves. The company says ...

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo, doesn’t care what you call ...

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei from these gene-edited ...

The genetic engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, first announced the arrival of the dire wolves in April Colossal Biosciences shared footage from the first face-to-face meeting between its three ...

CEO Ben Lamm says the effort could help protect dozens of endangered antelope species worldwide ...