The pursuit of de-extinction has broken new ground yet again, as three young wolves are carrying on the legacy of the dire wolf species that disappeared from Earth around 12,500 years ago.

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 “The de-extinction of the dire wolf and an end-to-end system for de-extinction is transformative and heralds an entirely new era of human stewardship of life,” Dr ...

The television series Game of Thrones helped popularize dire wolves, but the creatures don’t just represent a figment of science fiction: the dire wolf was a real animal that went extinct around ...

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

One of the most challenging aspects of de-extinction is predicting how ancient genes will express in a modern organism. Colossal developed sophisticated computational models to predict the phenotypic ...

The only de-extinction company in the world announced today that 12,500 years after it last roamed the Earth, the dire wolf is no longer extinct. "I could not be more proud of the team," said the ...

The team at Texas-based biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences announced its successful de-extinction of the dire wolf. So, how did they do it? Below, find out. Dire wolves are canines that ...

Watch these amazing animals grow up on YouTube," the company said. (Also Read: Jurassic World reacts to dire wolf de-extinction with ironic warning: ‘No possible way...’) Scientists at ...

A dire wolf is a now-de-extinct canine that lived in the Americas during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene epochs, which were between 125,000 to 10,000 years ago. These wolves were usually ...

The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of 'de-extinction' can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation." ...

Colossal Biosciences, a U.S.-based biotech firm specializing in de-extinction, has achieved a historic milestone by successfully reviving the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), a species that went ...