Scientists Debate Claim That “Extinct” Dire Wolves Are Back ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 ...

Scientists have made this dream a reality by bringing back dire wolves, a species extinct for over 10,000 years. These massive wolves, known from the TV show Game of Thrones, are now growing at an ...

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei from these gene-edited ...

A Dallas-based biotech company called Colossal Biosciences says it has produced “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing technology, but critics argue the animals are genetically modified gray ...

The push to revive extinct animals is accelerating, but scientists disagree about whether gene-edited species count as true ...

The genetic engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, first announced the arrival of the dire wolves in April Colossal Biosciences shared footage from the first face-to-face meeting between its three ...

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth — but many scientists remain skeptical.