They vanished more than 10,000 years ago. But now, a genetic company claims it has successfully revived a dire wolf by sequencing the species' DNA from ancient fossils. Colossal Biosciences, the ...

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Before going extinct, dire wolves were the most common large carnivores in Iowa. The wolves were present in Iowa at end of the last Ice Age, and evidence of their remains have been found in the state.

Cute as a button, but not dire wolves: Colossal Biosciences claims that these animals, Romulus and Remus, represent an extinct species rescued from oblivion. But experts say that's hype. (Colossal ...

A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...

What weighs 80 pounds, relies on a daily diet of beef, deer and horse meat, and displays a distinctly snowy fur coat? The answer, according to the Texas-based Colossal Biosciences, is a six-month-old ...

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week, the Dallas-based ...

Just more than a week has gone by since Colossal Biosciences, the company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, revealed it had produced three live dire wolves puppies – Remus, Romulus and ...

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Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance. When ...