The cover of Time Magazine’s May edition features a striking image of a large, white wolf. Above it, the word “extinct” in ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

Bringing back animals that lived thousands of years ago, like the dire wolf or woolly mammoth, carries significant ecological risks. The environmental conditions, plant communities, prey species ...

Most people know of dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” The species isn’t actually fictional, but it has been extinct for ...

(It's unclear what "ecological role" the pups would fill — the ecosystem has adapted to life without the dire wolf since it went extinct around 10,000 years ago. Colossal has said it does not ...

Ancient DNA presents unique challenges—it’s typically highly fragmented, chemically damaged, and contaminated with environmental and microbial ... predict the phenotypic (physical trait) effects of ...

Dire wolves are no longer just legends of the North. Once feared across the frozen landscapes of the Ice Age – and immortalized in fantasy on “Game of Thrones” – ...

Many know about dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” But the animals are real, and a North Texas company helped being them ...