Nature gave the world the dire wolf 2.6 million years ago, and then, through the hard hand of extinction, took it away—some ...
In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...
The company that brought back the dire wolf is launching a new biovault to store the genomes of the most at-risk species.
It has been over 12,000 years since the last dire wolves vanished from the Earth. But the apex predators, made famous by Game of Thrones, are once again growing their pack. Last year, Colossal ...
Advancing science may make it possible to bring back extinct species like the dire wolf—but should it? CU Boulder environmental studies and philosophy Professor Ben Hale says the answer is complicated ...