The resurrection of the dire wolf by Colossal Biosciences marks a fascinating intersection of popular culture and ...

On Tuesday, an American biotech company called Colossal Biosciences announced that it had genetically manipulated DNA from the grey wolf to clone three dire wolf pups – belonging to a species of ...

The Game of Thrones series popularized the dire wolf as the emblem of the noble ... And of course, they’re white. Cue Jon Snow. Lamm, a serial entrepreneur, cofounded Colossal in 2021 to bring ...

In Game of Thrones, Jon Snow’s direwolf Ghost ... Big heads, thick coats, intimidating eyes. But let’s be very clear: They are not real direwolves. They are about 99.9% gray wolf, with a few ancient ...

Together, those samples delivered what’s called 36x genome coverage—140 times the data density of any previously sequenced dire wolf ... white coats as they bounded through the snow during ...

Colossal Biosciences says it's achieved its first successful case of de-extinction in reviving the dire wolf, a top predator that roamed North America before going extinct about 13,000 years ago and ...

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. I was faced with a modern iteration of Karna’s chariot-stuck-in-the-ground curse, which one likes to call: the app-based transportation curse ...

First, scientists dug up some old bones. Fossils, actually — real direwolf teeth and skulls buried in the earth for 13,000 to 72,000 years. These bones still had tiny fragments of DNA inside ...

Jon and Ygritte first met in Game of Thrones Season 2 when Jon’s Night’s Watch assaults a group of Wildlings beyond the wall, taking Ygritte as their prisoner. Jon refuses Qhorin Halfhand’s ...

Colossal Biosciences claimed that they’d brought the dire wolf back from extinction after some 12,000 years. They debuted photos of five-month-old Romulus and Remus, two fluffy, snow-white ...

Apparently, Jon Gruden is not only a huge fan of Nevada football but a knowledgeable historian of the Wolf Pack program. The former NFL coach posted a video on his social media accounts April 16 ...