In an announcement on Monday (April 7), scientists revealed to the world that they have "brought back" long-extinct dire wolves with genetic engineering. Researchers with the biotechnology company ...

A Texas-based "de-extinction" company has brought the dire wolf back from its 10,000-year hiatus—or so it says. Colossal Biosciences, which has been committed to reviving extinct species since its ...

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - We’ve talked about Colossal Biosciences before in 3 Brilliant Minutes -- a company that aims to bring back extinct plants and animals. Now the organization that bills itself ...

The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of modern wolves. The species went ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a controversial announcement in early April, Colossal revealed it had genetically engineered ...

Nature gave the world the dire wolf 2.6 million years ago, and then, through the hard hand of extinction, took it away—some 10,000 to 13,000 years ago when the last of the species died out. Now, the ...

So, Colossal Biosciences — the company that’s somehow worth a casual $10.2 billion without delivering any real de-extinction success — announced they’ve “brought back” the dire wolf. A slow clap from ...

The headlines and TV chyrons delivered the breathless news: The dire wolves had returned. It was kind of thrilling, even if you were not a fan of “Game of Thrones” where the creatures were a baleful ...

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? By Degen Pener Deputy Editor ...

This article was originally published by The Conversation. Read the original article. Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine ...

Some of the media headlines have been breathless. Time magazine hailed “The Return of the Dire Wolf.” On the venerable news magazine’s cover, the word “Extinct” is crossed out. “This is Remus,” the ...