In the quiet countryside of Elbert County, Colorado, a rancher stumbled upon something far more sinister than a coyote in his ...

Or, maybe, it's just a grey wolf with a few tweaks. American biotech company Colossal Biosciences made a surprise announcement Monday, claiming it had brought the dire wolf back from the dead ...

“A grey wolf is the closest living relative of a dire wolf - they're genetically really similar - so we targeted DNA sequences that lead to dire wolf traits and then edited grey wolf cells.

They resembled the grey/ gray wolves (Canis lupus) of today, but were larger, with white coats. A dire wolf could be 3.5 feet tall, more than 6 feet in length, and weigh up to 68 kg. Dire wolves ...

Using this reconstructed genome as a reference, Colossal then edited the genome of a grey wolf—the closest living relative of dire wolves. According to CRISPR, the grey wolf and dire wolf share 99.5 ...

The imposing beasts, which have lighter-coloured coats and far thicker fur than their grey wolf cousins, featured in TV fantasy series Game Of Thrones. Indeed, a third wolf born three months ago ...

Three dire wolf puppies were born after scientists edited the genes of a grey wolf, the dire wolf's closest living relative, and are a hybrid species similar in appearance to their ancient ...

For its work on the dire wolf, the scientists made 20 edits in 14 genes of the common grey wolf’s 19,000 genes. The edited embryos were implanted in surrogate dog mothers, with the wolves born ...

In comparison, an average grey wolf matures at 80 to 100 pounds. In a statement, Colossal CEO and co-founder Ben Lamm explained, “Our team took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old ...

Colossal's researchers explained that the de-extinction process involved extracting blood cells from a living grey wolf, the closest living relative of the dire wolf, and genetically modifying those ...

This breakthrough, involving genome-editing grey wolf embryos, marks a significant step in de-extinction efforts. The company aims to restore Earth's ecosystems by reviving other extinct species ...

Scientific teams took DNA from dire wolf fossils that dated over 72,000 years before introducing genetic markers into current grey wolf embryo cells. These embryos were implanted in surrogate ...