No, dire wolves are not “back.” But pretending they can be brought back is a good excuse to gut regulations that protect real ...

A Dallas-based biotech company that announced the rebirth of the dire wolf, which was popularized in "Game of Thrones," also ...

The internet is currently abuzz with talk of dire wolves – an extinct species of prehistoric wolf that used to roam North ...

So, did Colossal actually de-extinct a long lost species? Well, the dire wolf is in the details. That’s the current thinking, anyway—as with anything in science, new evidence can change things.

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.

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week ...

Colossal scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living ...

The dire wolf, a species that went extinct some 12,500 years ago but was made famous by the Game of Thrones series, has been brought back to life, according to Texas-based biotech firm Colossal ...

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 ...

Romulus and Remus, seen here at one-month-old, are two of the three "dire wolf" siblings created by Colossal since last fall. © Colossal Biosciences The single ...

Advertisement Advertisement The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a single one has been seen in over 10,000 years ...