A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups − all with ...

The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the science world. The species of canine -- about the same ...

Unlike the prehistoric dire wolf, these new creatures will not roam the outdoors nor hunt for prey. They will live on a 2,000-acre preserve enclosed by a 10-foot-tall, zoo-graded fence.

The dire wolf, officially named in 1858, is one of many animals of the Pleistocene era, or the ice age. The dire wolf averaged about five feet long and 150 pounds.

The dire wolf, officially named in 1858, is one of many animals of the Pleistocene era, or the ice age. The dire wolf averaged about five feet long and 150 pounds.

Now, Colossal’s own researchers have claimed to journalists that their research has again adjusted the picture, proposing that dire wolves arose from interbreeding between two different wolf ...

The dire wolf also came up at an April 9 meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources that considered amendments to a proposed law that would strip federal protections from western ...

The dire wolf genome likely differs from that of the gray wolf in millions or tens of millions of ways. Editing 14 genes is interesting, but it’s not a reconstruction or de-extinction.

There’s No ‘Undo’ Button for Extinct Species When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy.

Now, Ben Lamm, Colossal's CEO and co-founder, told CNN the company used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull to make healthy dire wolf puppies.

This is an adapted excerpt from the April 12 episode of "Velshi." It's been over 10,000 years since a dire wolf has roamed the Earth. But now, according to scientists for a genetics company called ...

Dire wolf pups Romulus and Remus are the first of their species in more than 10,000 years, after Colossal Biosciences edited the genes of a common gray wolf to align it with ancient dire wolf DNA.