The immediate reaction to the Colossal Biosciences’ claims from a broad section of the scientific community was highly ...

Colossal Biosciences' feat of genetic engineering has people talking, but not every scientist is on board with its claim of ...

Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that ...

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important ...

Some question whether the pups are really dire wolves, or just genetically tweaked gray wolves. But the technology could be used to help at-risk animals.

Now, in a coordinated PR blitz, the company is claiming that clones of gray wolves ... the variant found in the dire wolf genome. A similar thing was done to achieve the light coat color.

Learn about Colossal's dire wolf de-extinction breakthrough and how this technology could reshape conservation.

To achieve its goal, the company essentially created a hybrid genome using CRISPR technology to cut away certain gray wolf gene variants and ... litters of cloned red wolves, the most critically ...