For the first time in thousands of years, dire wolves are alive – or at least a close approximation to them – as scientists claim to have achieved the world's first successful animal de-extinction.

Colossal Biosciences, the company which bills itself as the world’s first de-extinction company, recently announced the de-extinction of the dire wolf, a Pleistocene animal which went extinct about 12 ...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colossal Biosciences, the world’s only de-extinction company, today announces the rebirth of the once extinct dire wolf, the world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.

When Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences' announced it was bringing back dire wolves from extinction, lots of people wondered if this was fact or fantasy. William Lynn, a research scientist at Clark ...

Colossal Biosciences claims it has revived an extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical. Somewhere in the northern US, drones fly over a 2,000-acre preserve, protected by a ...

Their names are Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, and they’re the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in over 10,000 years — or so one biotech company and a flurry of recent headlines say. On April 7, ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025. Three pups ...

Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members ...

A bill to delist gray wolves from the federal Endangered Species Act is heading to the U.S. House of Representatives after clearing its first hurdle. The legislation — championed by Colorado ...