Biotech company Colossal Biosciences said it has brought back the dire wolf, an animal that went extinct 10,000 years ago, through its de-extinction process.

but "since the grey wolf genome is around 2.4 billion base pairs long, that still leaves room for millions of base-pairs of differences". Given that there were only 20 gene edits it's not close to ...

Colossal’s dire wolf project is not a resurrection – it is an imitation. But that doesn’t mean it lacks value. It offers a glimpse into the possibilities of genetic science, and raises essential ...

Not only that, they’re dire wolves—which means they have cause to be lonely. The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada ...

Scientists at a Dallas-based biotech firm recently announced they have brought back the to life the dire wolf, a species popularized by the fantasy TV show "Game of Thrones." The company recently ...

but "since the grey wolf genome is around 2.4 billion base pairs long, that still leaves room for millions of base-pairs of differences". Given that there were only 20 gene edits it's not close to ...

Most experts USA TODAY spoke with agreed that attempts to de-extinct animals, like the dire wolf, result in animals that are not the same as their ancestors and are actually hybrid animals.

Advertisement Advertisement The dire wolf once roamed an American range that extended as far south as Venezuela and as far north as Canada, but not a single one has been seen in over 10,000 years ...

Colossal Biosciences, the genetic engineering company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, has actually already brought back one of its extinct Ice Age cohabitants: the dire wolf. The Dallas ...