Dire wolves, brought back into the spotlight through recent cloning efforts, are often portrayed as the greatest of ...

Epicyon haydeni was the largest of all the Epicyon species ... However, they worked together and hunted in groups, much like modern wolf packs. While they weren’t built for long-distance ...

“The de-extinction of the dire wolf and an end-to-end system for de-extinction is transformative and heralds an entirely new ...

Colossal Biosciences said it used ancient DNA from the extinct species to create three dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus ...

Pioneers in the science of "de-extinction," an American company has announced the births of three pups whose genes resemble ...

Colossal scientists have claimed that they have created three dire wolf pups, whose closest living relative is the gray wolf.

With the help of a modern wolf’s genetic code, a Texas-based company says DNA from the extinct dire wolf is now back in ...

Many species of megafauna became extinct near the time dire wolves became extinct. Phillips said the lack of prey is likely a factor in the extinction of dire wolves. Climate change and possibly ...

“It’s not a dire wolf. It’s misleading to call it that ... They were about the same size as the largest of modern gray wolves but are genetically more closely related to jackals.

For the first time in over 10,000 years, the howl of a dire wolf is echoing once more—this time, from within a secretive ...

Dire wolves are also large, typically the size of the largest gray wolf populations. Comparisons between the new genomes and those of other canids show that the dire wolf also had a light-colored ...

Most experts USA TODAY spoke with agreed that attempts to de-extinct animals, like the dire wolf, result in animals that are not the same as their ancestors and are actually hybrid animals.