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 ...

On the left is a white wolf pup created by Colossal Biosciences that it says is a de-extincted dire wolf. On the right is a depiction of a dire wolf by a National Park Service artist. Colossal ...

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. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer ...

For over 200,000 years, dire wolves roamed across North America—from southern Alberta, Canada to Florida, and even down into Chile. The ancient animals were megafauna hunters, ultimately disappearing ...

You may have seen them in Game of Thrones, but dire wolves aren’t fantasy beasts. They were real Ice Age predators, heavy-headed hunters that prowled the open landscapes of the Americas long before ...

A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...