To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Scientists have announced the first de-extinction of an animal species, reintroducing the dire wolf back into the world. Colossal Biosciences, a genetic engineering company, birthed three dire ...

Colossal Biosciences, the only de-extinction company in the world, has achieved a milestone with the successful rebirth of the dire wolf species that had been extinct for over 12,500 years.

“This massive milestone is the first of many coming examples demonstrating that our end-to-end de-extinction technology stack works,” said Ben Lamm, Colossal’s cofounder and CEO, in a news ...

Meachen asked. "The mission of helping to preserve the species that are alive and save them from the brink of extinction is an incredibly admirable mission. That is a mission that I could get ...

The first specimens were found in the 19th century and the 'new' wolves were cloned from DNA found in fossils. De-extinction, also known as resurrection biology, seeks to resurrect extinct species ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has ... Mar. 31, 2025 — A new study ...

Adorable dire wolf pups mark 'world's first de-extinction,' Colossal Biosciences says 130,000-year-old mammoth calf smells like 'fermented earth and flesh,' necropsy reveals 'Twins!