On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...

There is a magnificent, snow-white wolf on the cover of Time Magazine today - accompanied by a headline announcing the return of the dire wolf. This now extinct species is possibly most famous for ...

After being delayed a day, Colorado Parks and Wildlife published the April wolf activity map that shows extensive travel from one wolf. A strip of purple that roughly follows U.S. Route 50 in southern ...

Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column and has covered de-extinction for more than a decade.

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Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, cloning, and gene-editing technology. This groundbreaking achievement marks ...

The critically endangered Mexican wolf was mounting a comeback, thanks to a conservation program that dropped fostered wolf pups into wild dens. Then politics happened. While filming Operation ...

The Game of Thrones series popularized the dire wolf as the emblem of the noble and doomed House Stark, and now Colossal claims to have brought it—or at least something that looks like a dire ...

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week ...

Caitlin Clark has many more years to go in the WNBA — and, by extension, a lot more nicknames to try on. This week, a major news outlet breathed some life into one particular moniker, drawing ...

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years ...

The dire wolf, the legendary beast that once prowled North America and found new life in Game of Thrones, is no longer just a myth. Thanks to Colossal Biosciences, a biotech startup known for its ...