A Texas-based genetics company says the long-extinct dire wolf is back. Some critics say that's not quite true.

The dire wolf last walked the Earth some 10,000 years ago, according to best estimates. The formidable beast called a large swath of North America home, and that's where they roamed the wilderness, ...

Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Dallas-based biotech company called Colossal Biosciences says it has produced “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing ...

Colossal has said it hopes revived species such as the woolly mammoth, created using gene-edited Asian elephant DNA, could eventually be released into the wild to restore ecological roles such as seed ...

After cautious introductions, the bioengineered animals are eating, playing and chasing prey together Courtesy Colossal Biosciences ScreenRant reports Colossal’s three dire wolves are now hunting ...

A $10.2 billion Dallas biotechnology company says it has produced the first “de-extinct” dire wolves, but critics argue the animals are simply genetically modified Gray wolves, not a truly resurrected ...

The endangered species list may change under the Trump administration. After biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said it successfully created three dire wolf puppies ...

Three pups born in a Dallas lab look like creatures that roamed the Earth more than 10,000 years ago. Their creator, a biotechnology company called Colossal Biosciences, says they are “de-extinct” ...

Can we really bring extinct species back? Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro says yes. Can we bring extinct species back to life? Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro claims we just did. As Chief ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...