Colossal Biosciences, which speaks of achieving "functional de-extinction" with its experiment, says it tweaked the DNA of a modern-day gray wolf with carefully chosen genes from dire wolf fossils.

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...

Using innovative conservation techniques, scientists are restoring populations of the endangered Mexican wolf to the wild.

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA that led to the birth of the pups. Dire wolves recently featured prominently in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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Then, they edited the genome of the dire wolf's oldest surviving relative, the gray wolf, to express dire wolf traits. Surrogate dog mothers successfully gave birth to fertilized dire wolf eggs ...

Nearly 4,000 dire wolf fossils have been identified at California's La Brea Tar Pits. About 25% larger than modern-day gray wolves, dire wolves had thicker, more muscular legs, more powerful ...

For the first time in 16 years, Washington state’s overall gray wolf population decreased from the year before, based on ...

Over the last month, two of Colorado’s latest gray wolf transplants were killed after crossing the border into Wyoming. Colorado Parks and Wildlife expects these types of movements into other states ...

A gray wolf has been found dead in a national park, prompting an investigation into the death of this federally protected ...