Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of "dire wolf" pups, claiming a rebirth of the extinct species. However, the company ...

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 resurrection of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) by Colossal Biosciences represents a landmark achievement in genetic engineering, setting a new record with 20 precise genomic edits in a ...

The Dire Wolf, once a mythical figure thanks to Game of Thrones, is experiencing a major revival, thanks to Colossal Biosciences, the ambitious biotech company working on de-extincting species ...

One of de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences' "dire wolf" pups at three months. Photo / Colossal When a snow-white wolf appeared on a recent cover of Time magazine, billed as the resurrection ...

The UN's food and refugee agencies warn of deep service cuts as U.S. funding plummets under President Donald Trump. His administration has slashed 83% of programs funded by USAID, which had a $42. ...

Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago and, as far as scientists can tell, never interbred since then.

North America’s wilderness has long been home to some of the most magnificent predators on the planet, with gray wolves reigning as iconic symbols of untamed nature ... as evidenced by the Alaskan ...

What do sickle cell anaemia, Kashmir’s pashmina goats, and Kerala's karimeen have in common with the resurrected wolf? A revolutionary gene-editing technique ...

Genetically modifying gray wolves to resemble the extinct dire wolf may be an impressive scientific feat, but it’s no substitute for protecting living species that are currently at risk.