The recent announcement of the resurrection of the dire wolf generated considerable global media attention and widespread ...

The attempted creation of dire wolves could undermine conservation efforts by making people think extinct species can be ...

First, and most important, “de-extinction” is not de-extinction. The company says its claim to have de-extincted the dire wolf is legitimate because its edited pups meet some of the criteria ...

Dallas-based biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced the successful birth of three healthy dire wolf pups after ...

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

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the ...

Much of the debate around this issue has centered on whether gene-edited gray wolves can be accurately called "dire wolves" and if their creation can truly be considered "de-extinction." ...

The de-extinction of the dire wolf may sound like a conservation breakthrough, but it risks distracting us from the protection of our current living species. Picture: Picture: Colossal Biosciences ...

One of the most challenging aspects of de-extinction is predicting how ancient genes will express in a modern organism. Colossal developed sophisticated computational models to predict the phenotypic ...

To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered pups of the long-extinct dire wolf. Scientific criticism followed fast.