Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the ...

With this breakthrough, humans are tampering with evolution beyond its historical use of artificial selection, or breeding ...

Although some biologists have since poured cold water on the actual science behind the dire wolf’s revival, there’s now talk ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...

The ability to edit multiple genes in living, viable animals is a remarkable feat, but tweaking a few genes in modern gray ...

Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct about 13,000 years ago.

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

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

In a controversial announcement in early April, Colossal revealed it had genetically engineered gray wolf DNA to create three "dire wolf" puppies, named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi. | Credit: Colossal ...

It’s true that Colossal didn’t clone its wolves from actual dire wolf cells. Instead, it mapped the genome of the extinct wolf relying on DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and from a 72,000 ...

However, living, breathing dire wolves born in a groundbreaking scientific achievement. Colossal Biosciences has announced ...

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