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Extinct dire wolf species returns after 12,500 years - what are they and how are they different from today's gray wolves
Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, ...
Why the company that's brought back the dire wolf for the first time in 10,000 years may have opened the door to the world's first genetically improved humans...
As they chase each other around their enclosure, nipping each other playfully or gnawing intently on sticks, they certainly ...
3 BRILLIANT MINUTES: Return of the white dire wolves
Brad Spakowitz looks at the process to bring back a species using 10,000-year-old DNA and what's next on the company's agenda ...
Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
Colossal Biosciences said the wolf pups range in age from three to six months old and have long white hair and muscular jaws.
12,000 Years Later, Dire Wolves Are Back
They’re dire wolf pups, back from extinction after some 12,000 years. Dire wolves thrived during the Pleistocene Epoch, when they roamed in packs across what would later become the Americas. Standing ...
Dire Wolf 'Back From Extinction'—Could Woolly Mammoths, Dinosaurs Be Next?
A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?
The Science Behind the Return of the Dire Wolf
Our team took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal ...
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The Dire Wolf Is Back
Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...