However, living, breathing dire wolves born in a groundbreaking scientific achievement. Colossal Biosciences has announced ...

Dire wolves share ancestry with modern-day dogs, which scientists have already studied and gathered data on extensively.

The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) was a North American species of canine that went extinct approximately 13,000 years ago during the extinctions of the Late Pleistocene epoch.  Popularized by HBO’s “Game ...

Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the “de-extinction” of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) – a ...

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Colossal Biosciences claims that they have successfully brought back dire wolves — an Ice Age predator that went extinct roughly 13,000 years ago.  Shannon Horning/ SciTech Editor After their ...

Some of the scientific groundwork that paved the way for a rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf took place in Pennsylvania.

Colossal Biosciences isn’t exactly a household name. But you’ve probably at least heard of some of their goals and “achievements:” bringing back woolly mammoths and dodo birds, creating “woolly ...

The dire wolf has not been seen in over 10,000 years. However, hybrid grey wolves have been genetically modified to replicate the dire wolf, thanks to the biotechnology startup Colossal Biosciences.