Colossal Biosciences, using a new gene editing technology, recently announced the de-extinction of the dire wolf: “After a 10,000-plus-year absence, our team is proud to return the dire wolf to its ...

Most of us learned about extinction in high school biology, but did you know that de-extinction is real, too? The dire wolf, which vanished over 10,000 years ago, has become the first example of a ...

The term “de-extinction” often conjures images of Jurassic Park-style genetic manipulation, complete with ethical dilemmas and ecological chaos. But the reality of functional de-extinction—the ...

The field of genetics is undergoing a quiet revolution, and it’s happening in the laboratories where scientists are learning to resurrect the genetic blueprints of extinct species. What began as an ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...

Much like the meaning of de-extinction, Colossal redefines what it means to be a species. In a remarkable bit of lawfare, Colossal has filed patents that, if accepted as written by the Patent and ...

For the first time in thousands of years, dire wolves are alive – or at least a close approximation to them – as scientists claim to have achieved the world's first successful animal de-extinction.

Colossal Biosciences has brought back the now-formerly-extinct dire wolf. If you’re a Game of Thrones fan, you’ll probably recognize the name of the animal that vanished from the face of the earth ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dire wolves are back from the dead after Dallas-based company, Colossal Biosciences, effectively performed the world’s first de-extinction. The company brought back a species of wolf ...

I was crouched on the ground, 15 meters (50 feet) from an aurochs. At least it looked like one. Eight generations of back-breeding had resurrected an animal reminiscent of the giant bovine that ...

I look at de-extinction this way: people interested in wildlife regret extinctions, especially human-caused ones. They would like to atone. Attempts have already been made to produce, for example, ...