A US company claims to have brought an extinct species of wolf back from extinction. The dire wolf last roamed the American midcontinent 12,500 years ago.

Colossal Biosciences announced in April that it had created dire-wolf-like creatures. This year, we could hear the wolves’ mature howls. Technology has enabled the capture of some pretty amazing ...

A "de-extinction" company says it has revived the long-eradicated dire wolf species using a new gene-editing technology. The US start-up, Colossal Biosciences, said it had used "end-to-end ...

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo, doesn’t care what you call ...

These genetically-engineered “dire wolves” are now six months old, and are already markedly bigger than gray wolves at their age. Both males are over 90 pounds, and Khaleesi is still visibly smaller ...

People can debate for days, weeks and years whether dragons ever existed, but there are some fantastical creatures we know to have been real. The dire wolf, made famous as the symbol of House Stark in ...

Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves, an iconic predator last seen roaming North America over 10,000 years ago. With ...

In a stunning scientific development, the prehistoric canines made famous in the hit HBO show have been announced as the world’s first de-extinct animal. By Degen Pener Deputy Editor Immortalized in ...

This undated photo provided by Colossal Biosciences shows Romulus and Remus, both 3-months old and genetically engineered with similarities to the extinct dire wolf. Colossal Biosciences via AP ...

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 ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Colossal Biosciences’ cloned “dire wolves” hit a major milestone this week, as the female dire ...