The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the science world. The species of canine -- about the same size as ...

Game of Thrones” dire wolf pups, which were brought back from extinction, are healthy and ready to breed, the biotech company ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring ...

After slipping out of a South Korean zoo, a wolf named Neukgu sparked concern for its safety. The species is considered ...

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 ...