Scientists Debate Claim That “Extinct” Dire Wolves Are Back ...

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 ...

A Dallas-based startup says it has produced three “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing technology — and the dodo ...

The push to revive extinct animals is accelerating, but scientists disagree about whether gene-edited species count as true ...

A Dallas-based biotech company called Colossal Biosciences says it has produced “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing technology, but critics argue the animals are genetically modified gray ...

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth — but many scientists remain skeptical.

Dire wolves, long confined to tar pits and fantasy epics, are suddenly being talked about as living, breathing animals again. A high-profile de‑extinction company says it has produced pups modeled on ...

Our team took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal ...

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 ...

PUBLIC WATER. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT THIS? DIRE WOLVES HAVE BEEN EXTINCT FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS, BUT NOW THREE OF THEM ARE ROAMING AROUND SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. WELL, SORT OF. SO THESE YOUNG DIRE ...

The headlines and TV chyrons delivered the breathless news: The dire wolves had returned. It was kind of thrilling, even if you were not a fan of “Game of Thrones” where the creatures were a baleful ...