To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...

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

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...

The Dire Wolf, once a mythical figure thanks to Game of Thrones, is experiencing a major revival, thanks to Colossal ...

Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago ...

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the ...

The ability to edit multiple genes in living, viable animals is a remarkable feat, but tweaking a few genes in modern gray ...

The recent claim the long extinct dire wolf was resurrected made headlines around the world. But bioethicists and ecologists say there are ethical concerns.

Rather than resurrect extinct species, cloning technology could save those at risk of dying out, like the red wolf, but only with solid conservation efforts and habitat protections ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

No, dire wolves are not “back.” But pretending they can be brought back is a good excuse to gut regulations that protect real endangered species.