Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common gray wolf, ... For context, that's over twice as long as brown and polar bears are estimated to have been distinct species.

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three ...

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 ...

In early April, the world woke up to headlines sounding like a cross between “Jurassic Park” and “Game of Thrones”: Colossal ...

The dire wolf pups live on an ecological preserve over 2,000 acres in size, where they are tended to by a 10-member full-time care staff and monitored using cameras, security personnel and drones.

Well, the dire wolf is in the details. First, dire wolves and gray wolves, like the ones whose genes Colossal modified, ... brown coats that shift as they age.

Dire wolves have also appeared in video games including Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft, tabletop game classic Dungeons & Dragons, and card game Magic the Gathering.. But the dire wolf is an ...

The dire wolf disappeared during the Quaternary megafauna extinction, a period when over 178 species of large mammals — known as megafauna — went extinct between 52,000 and 9,000 BCE, ...

Ron Magill, Communications Director from Zoo Miami, tells Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown that he would be “very, ... ‘There’s a little bit of concern’ over three new dire wolf pups.

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 ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three ...