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Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...
It's been six months since two not-quite dire wolves were born on Earth around 10,000-12,000 years after the extinction of ...
The pups underwent 20 genetic edits across 14 genes to replicate the physical traits of their extinct ancestors.
In early April, the world woke up to headlines sounding like a cross between “Jurassic Park” and “Game of Thrones”: Colossal ...
Dr. Beth Shapiro, Chief Science Officer of Colossal Biosciences is a champion of animal bioscience, but she’s been met with ...
While the “Jurassic" films may be entirely fiction, it is a scientific fact that companies like Colossal Biosciences really ...
As families gear up for the latest entry in the Jurassic franchise, we spoke to the guy behind the de-extinction of the Dire ...
Dire wolves were originally thought to have more likely been relatives of jackals. But Colossal's findings suggest the dire wolf goes back about 4.5 million years ago with ancestors including a ...
The dire wolf also came up at an April 9 meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources that considered amendments to a proposed law that would strip federal protections from western ...
A pair of 14,000-year-old "puppies" found melting out of the permafrost in Siberia have undergone genetic testing, proving ...
The successful birth of Colossal Biosciences' dire wolves represents far more than a scientific milestone—it marks the ...
The story of bringing dire wolves back from extinction begins not in a laboratory, but in ancient deposits where their ...