The much-publicized introduction of genetically modified cubs that share features of extinct dire wolves sparked claims amplified by President Donald Trump's administration that fears about endangered ...

The cub is recovering and thriving at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Somaliland Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

After being delayed a day, Colorado Parks and Wildlife published the April wolf activity map that shows extensive travel from one wolf. A strip of purple that roughly follows U.S. Route 50 in southern ...

Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column and has covered de-extinction for more than a decade.

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...

Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, cloning, and gene-editing technology. This groundbreaking achievement marks ...

which named its female wolf cub after one of the show’s main characters. In fact, George R.R. Martin, the author of the series, is also an investor in the company, which was valued at $10.2 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A second gray wolf introduced to Colorado has died during April, this time inside the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said that the female ...

The critically endangered Mexican wolf was mounting a comeback, thanks to a conservation program that dropped fostered wolf pups into wild dens. Then politics happened. While filming Operation ...

The Game of Thrones series popularized the dire wolf as the emblem of the noble and doomed House Stark, and now Colossal claims to have brought it—or at least something that looks like a dire ...

For the first time ever, scientists say they have made a species de-extinct, bringing the dire wolf back into the world thousands of years after it died off. Colossal Biosciences, a company based ...