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A legal scholar with a doctorate in wildlife genetics explains the promise biotechnology techniques hold for some animals ...
In an interview with New Scientist, Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just ...
Colossal Biosciences announced in April that it had created dire-wolf-like creatures. This year, we could hear the wolves’ ...
Biotech company Colossal Biosciences made headlines in April 2025 after claiming it had "successfully restored … the dire ...
Colossal uses gene editing to bring dire wolves back from extinction, marking a breakthrough in de-extinction science with the birth of Romulus and Remus.
A biotech company used DNA from thousands of years ago to clone three wolf pups that resemble the extinct dire wolf.
Colossal’s “dire wolves” aren’t monsters, miracles, or evolutionary glitches. They’re gray wolves that are still very much ...
A biotechnology company said it brought back dire wolves. Should these former park denizens be next on the de-extinction list ...
Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo ...
"Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction." But that all depends on your definition of de-extinction — and ...
The dire wolf is back—sort of. Biotech firm Colossal Biosciences used DNA from dire wolf fossils and surrogate dogs to produce three wolf pups. But University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch says ...
A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves. Dire wolves, with reddish ...