They are a symbol of strength, courage, and the untamed natural world. The dire wolf holds spiritual and ecological significance for indigenous nations like the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation ...

The dire wolf is a symbol that "carries the echoes of our ancestors, their wisdom, and their connection to the wild,” said MHA Nation Tribal Chairman Mark Fox in a statement. “Its presence ...

They are a symbol of strength, courage, and the untamed natural world. The dire wolf holds spiritual and ecological significance for indigenous nations like the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation ...

Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, cloning, and gene-editing technology. This groundbreaking achievement marks ...

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl ...

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week ...

The dire wolf is a bit of a Late Pleistocene celebrity thanks to its role in the “Game of Thrones” series as a symbol of the Stark family. What’s happening on the company’s 2,000-acre ...

The Game of Thrones series popularized the dire wolf as the emblem of the noble and doomed House Stark, and now Colossal claims to have brought it—or at least something that looks like a dire ...

OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of dire wolf pups after 12,000 years, marking the end of that species’ extinction. And maybe you thought, “Wow, 12,000 years flies by!” ...

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years ...