Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct about 13,000 years ago.

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week ...

Bringing back animals that lived thousands of years ago, like the dire wolf or woolly mammoth, carries significant ecological risks. The environmental conditions, plant communities, prey species ...

while opponents say the hunt could put the gray wolf back on the endangered species list. On April 2, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a bill that would establish a gray wolf hunt from Oct. 15 to the ...

DALLAS — A biology research company based in North Texas says it's brought a legendary creature back from extinction after more than 12,000 years. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, which ...

Now, the dire wolf is back, brought bounding into the 21st century by Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotech company. On April 8, Colossal announced it had used both cloning and gene-editing ...

But Colossal's findings suggest the dire wolf goes back about 4.5 million years ago with ancestors including a mix of South American canids (the family of mammals such as wolfs and dogs ...

DALLAS — A biology research company based in North Texas says it's brought a legendary creature back from extinction after more than 12,000 years. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, which ...