Startup Colossal Biosciences said it has used advanced technology to bring back the dire wolf, the large canine species that vanished over 10,000 years ago, which is a bold step toward reversing ...

Dire wolves were originally thought to have more likely been relatives of jackals. But Colossal's findings suggest the dire wolf goes back about 4.5 million years ago with ancestors including a ...

Colossal used a gray wolf genome – which is 99.5% identical to the dire wolf genomes – and edited the genome to make it even more similar to the extinct dire wolf, altering their size and ...

“There was this desire to bring back what they called the Great Wolf,” he claimed. Another reason—“and this is really important,” Lamm said—was that dire wolves are top-line talent in ...

Colossal Biosciences has brought back the prehistoric dire wolf, of Game of Thrones fame, with help from Peter Jackson. ‘Game of Thrones’ Dire Wolves Return in De-Extinction Breakthrough ...

Three dire wolf pups – two boys and a girl – were successfully birthed back in October. Dire wolves, made famous by "Game of Thrones," had been extinct for over 12,500 years. Now three pups ...

Hollywood helped Colossal Biosciences market its dire wolf revival project, with investors including Peter Jackson, George R.R. Martin and the Hemsworths.

The dire wolf has been brought back thanks to Colossal Biosciences. Learn how scientists managed to de-extinct dire wolves.

This week marked a major scientific breakthrough: the resurrection of the dire wolf, a species that went extinct over 12,000 years ago. A Dallas-based biotech company, Colossal Biosciences, is ...

Colossal used a gray wolf genome – which is 99.5% identical to the dire wolf genomes – and edited the genome to make it even more similar to the extinct dire wolf, altering their size and ...