Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of "dire wolf" pups, claiming a rebirth of the extinct species. However, the company's chief scientist clarified that these pups are actually gray wolves ...

For over 200,000 years, dire wolves roamed across North America—from southern Alberta, Canada to Florida, and even down into Chile. The ancient animals were megafauna hunters, ultimately ...

A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves. Dire wolves, with reddish ...

The industry’s pawprints are all over the buzzy de-extincted canine, with famous investors including Peter Jackson and George R.R. Martin. But was it all for show?

The story so far: On April 7, a biotechnology company in Texas, U.S., named Colossal Biosciences announced that it had “resurrected” a dire wolf, a large predator that went extinct more than ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three ...

Colossal’s scientists then took cells from a gray wolf—with whom the dire wolf shares 99.5 percent of its DNA—and used CRISPR to edit the genes to be more like a dire wolf.

Scientists warn that the dire wolf could bring "unintended consequences." "We are modifying creatures in new ways. Should we be doing it?" expert says ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the ...

Colossal’s dire wolf reveal wasn’t the first time the company has made headlines. It was founded by George Church and Ben Lamm in 2021.