Most people know of dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” The species isn’t actually fictional, but it has been extinct for ...

Ancient DNA Extraction and Genome Reconstruction The process began with extracting genetic material from two dire wolf fossils: a 13,000-year-old tooth from Sheridan Pit, Ohio, and a 72,000-year ...

The Dire Wolf, once a mythical figure thanks to Game of Thrones, is experiencing a major revival, thanks to Colossal Biosciences, the ambitious biotech company working on de-extincting species ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. But, in early April, it was “resurrected” by Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based genetic engineering company that performed the supposed rebirth of ...

One of de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences' "dire wolf" pups at three months. Photo / Colossal When a snow-white wolf appeared on a recent cover of Time magazine, billed as the resurrection ...

Ideas that look attractive even though many predecessors have failed' are called ' tar pit ideas ' because their characteristics resemble a tar pond. Y Combinator, an accelerator that invests in ...

Genetically modifying gray wolves to resemble the extinct dire wolf may be an impressive scientific feat, but it’s no substitute for protecting living species that are currently at risk.

A Texas-based bioengineering company sparked headlines across the world earlier this month when it announced it had done the seemingly impossible: brought a long-extinct species, the dire wolf ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. When news broke that Colossal Biosciences ...

Experts say it’s more complicated than that. “Did they bring back the dire wolf?” Robert Feranec, director of research and collections and curator of ice age animals at the New York State ...

The dire wolf is back — at least according to the ... “I visited the La Brea Tar Pits in LA a few decades back, and when I saw their direwolf exhibit, four hundred skulls arrayed on a wall ...