Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

Unlike the more widespread gray wolves, red wolves are found only in eastern North Carolina. The Ethiopian wolf is the smallest of the group, only weighing 11 to 20 kilograms (24 to 42 pounds).

Scientists have made this dream a reality by bringing back dire wolves, a species extinct for over 10,000 years. These massive wolves, known from the TV show Game of Thrones, are now growing at an ...

Then the scientists took blood cells from a living gray wolf and used CRISPR to genetically modify them in 20 different sites, said Colossal’s chief scientist Beth Shapiro.

A female gray wolf covered 1,400 miles this year as it dispersed from northern Wisconsin to Manitoba. The wolf was fitted with a GPS collar on the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reservation.

Nevertheless, the information that the company has released indicates that it was focused on recapitulating the appearance of a dire wolf, with an emphasis on large size and a white coat.

Court battle reveals how gray wolf status is not black-and-white. By Michael Doyle | 06/17/2025 01:50 PM EDT . The Fish and Wildlife Service has long sought to remove Endangered Species Act ...

Dire wolf returns from extinction? Company reveals 'magic' it's using to bring back species In 'Game of Thrones,' the dire wolf is the sigil, or mascot, of House Stark.

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 more about that and the dire wolf.

The article questions whether Colossal Biosciences truly resurrected the extinct dire wolf, arguing that the company’s genetically edited gray wolves—with 14 altered genes—fall short of ...

How the re-introduction of wolves is impacting Colorado 06:29. When Francine Madden heard about a Wyoming man who killed a gray wolf after injuring it with his snowmobile and showing it off at his ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife staffers release wolf 2302-OR, one of five gray wolves captured in Oregon in an initial batch in late December 2023, onto public land in Grand County, Colorado, on ...