20 hours ago · “The ability to obtain genetic material from ancient organisms, such as from fossils, has been advancing,” Alabed says. Colossal scientists used CRISPR technology, a gene-editing tool, to modify the genetic material of the gray wolf and replace them with dire wolf traits found in the ancient DNA. Alabed says that, depending on the integrity ...

1 day ago · Romulus and Remus are two genetically modified gray wolves (Canis lupus) created by Colossal Biosciences on October 1, 2024, with the goal of replicating the phenotype of the extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus).Along with a female wolf named Khaleesi born later on January 30, 2025, Colossal claims that the two males represent the first living examples of the species since its extinction ...

2 days ago · By analyzing ancient DNA from fossils, including a 13,000-year-old tooth found in Ohio and a 72,000-year-old skull found in Idaho, ... How Is a Dire Wolf Different From a Gray Wolf?

1 day ago · Colossal scientists have created three dire wolf pups by using ancient DNA, cloning and gene-editing technology to alter the genes of a gray wolf, the prehistoric dire wolf’s closest living ...

1 day ago · Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species.. The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already weigh in at around 80 pounds — on track to reach 140 pounds at ...

19 hours ago · From Newsweek.com: For the first time in over 10,000 years, the howl of a dire wolf is echoing once more—this time, from within a secretive nature preserve in the United States. The predator, long thought extinct and famously mythologized in pop culture like Game of Thrones, is back, thanks to genetic engineering. Colossal Biosciences has successfully

2 days ago · Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins.

1 day ago · It announced that it used "deft genetic engineering and ancient DNA" to breed three dire wolf puppies and to "de-extinct" the species. ... "So what Colossal has produced is a grey wolf, but it has ...

2 days ago · Scientists first analyzed the genome of the dire wolves contained in the ancient tooth and skull. Comparing those genomes to that of the gray wolf—the dire wolf’s closest living relative ...

1 day ago · Jeremy Austin, Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, told ScienceAlert that all Colossal has done is create a genetically engineered gray wolf that looks like what the company thinks a dire wolf might have looked like. And even that is up for debate; canids are morphologically similar, making it hard to verify from fossil remains ...