Dear EarthTalk: Does the recent birth of woolly mice and dire wolf pups mean that “de-extinction” is a real thing now? And why would we want to bring back dire wolves, woolly mammoths or saber-toothed ...

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 ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring ...

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 ...

Happy Birthday to the dire wolves. Romulus and Remus, two male dire wolves born through Colossal Biosciences’ genetic engineering advances, have reached their first birthday. The Dallas-headquartered ...

A Colossal Biosciences representative confirmed that the dire wolves that the company brought back from extinction are growing quickly, already exceeding the grey wolf in size The genetic engineering ...