The dire wolves brought back from extinction earlier this year are on track with their milestones and have surpassed their cousin wolves in size in the process. On Wednesday, Sept. 3, Rob Keyes of ...

Colossal Biosciences says the dire wolves it introduced in 2025 as part of the company's de-extinction efforts have reached a major milestone: they're now officially hunting as a pack. According to a ...

Last year, Colossal Biosciences announced that it had used DNA from thousands of years ago to alter the genome of modern wolves and resurrect the lost species. Dire wolves became extinct towards the ...

In October 2024, three dire wolf pups were born in a successful de-extinction project helmed by Colossal Biosciences, located in Dallas, Texas. The pups include two boys, Romulus and Remus, and a girl ...

In a controlled facility spanning 2,000 acres, a team of geneticists and wildlife scientists is rewriting what was once believed to be settled natural history. Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology ...

After more than 12,000 years, dire wolves are back. On April 8, 2025, Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of three healthy dire wolf pups, marking the world’s first successful de-extinction of a ...

One year ago, Colossal Biosciences' first dire wolves returned from extinction. According to the bioengineering company, on Oct. 1, 2024, "for the first time in human history, Colossal successfully ...

Winter is coming ... and so are the dire wolves. The large canines — best known for being featured in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" — went extinct nearly 13,000 years ago. But they're now making a ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...