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

In a shadowed, undisclosed location somewhere in the American interior, three genetically engineered wolf pups are pacing, sleeping, and howling into the void of scientific ambition. With snow-white ...

Colossal Biosciences made a surprise announcement Monday, claiming it had brought the dire wolf back from the dead, achieving ...

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf.

Zoologist Philip Seddon from the University of Otago in New Zealand explained the animals are "genetically modified grey ...

Ken Angielczyk, curator of fossil mammals, compares a dire wolf skull, left, and a gray wolf skull in the collection at the Field Museum on April 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune ...

The wolf’s skull could reach 12 inches and while its size mimicked today’s largest gray wolves, its teeth were larger. Colossal, valued at $10.2 billion after a January funding round ...

“Our team took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies," Lamm said. "It was once said, ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is ...

A Dire Wolf skull was found in Page County and auctioned off in 2018. According to a Heritage Auction press release, the skull was located near the Nodaway River in Page County. The skull was ...

“We took a 13,000 year old tooth and a 73,000 year old skull, and we made puppies. We have three dire wolves.” Romulus and Remus, the dire wolf pups, stand in snow. Scientists knew from the ...