Many species of megafauna became extinct near the time dire wolves became extinct. Phillips said the lack of prey is likely a factor in the extinction of dire wolves. Climate change and possibly ...

Thousands of years before we had the slightest idea of how genetics worked, humans were altering the genes of wolves and their dog descendants through breeding and domestication, ...

As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.

Created by editing the gray wolf genome, two dire wolves are the subject of vastly-differing opinions on what it means to bring back an extinct species.​​​​​ ...

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an ...

Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves, an ...

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

Colossal Biosciences has modified 20 genes from the gray wolf to create a canine that resembles a species that went extinct ...

This is as close as we’re getting today to the dens at the endangered wolf center; it’s puppy season and FOX 2 is learning ...

As they chase each other around their enclosure, nipping each other playfully or gnawing intently on sticks, they certainly ...

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

Tom Brady, an investor in Colossal Biosciences, celebrates the company's groundbreaking achievement in de-extinction.