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 ...

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

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

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

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

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” – ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last ...

What was the dire ... impact on vulnerable species and ecosystems remains uncertain. What is clearer is that gene editing and Colossal’s so-called de-extinction technology pose new ethical and ...