The three dire wolves birthed by Colossal Biosciences are old enough to hang out together now, essentially becoming a pack.

Scientists brought back dire wolves from extinction in late 2024 and now their pack is growing as a female dire wolf has also been revived.The animal which went extinct 12,000 years ago was ...

The biology research company brought the two males, Romulus and Remus, together in one habitat with the female, Khaleesi, to ...

Colossal Biosciences’ cloned “dire wolves” hit a major milestone this week, as the female dire wolf Khaleesi finall got a chance to meet her brothers, Remus and Romulus. Colossal has been posting ...

The three dire wolves created using fossil DNA had their first official hang just months before their first birthday.

Colossal Biosciences shared an update on the dire wolves they brought back from extinction; three pups, Romulus, Remus, and ...

Colossal’s bold announcements have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down.

As science is progressing, companies all over the world are working on de-extincting animals in a bid to ensure ...

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The de-extinction process begins with ancient DNA. In the case of the dire wolf project, Colossal scientists were working from two fossils, a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull.

The DNA provided the dire wolf genome, but that’s not enough, they also needed to know which genes were important. To find out, researchers compared the dire wolf genome with those of other canids, ...