Colossal Biosciences brought back 20 key segments of extinct dire wolf DNA into living, breathing, wolf pups—and the tech used to do it could change conservation and paleontology for good.

The two male dire wolves, which were born Oct. 1, 2024 from genetically engineered eggs implanted in surrogate dog mothers ...

Colossal Biosciences announced on April 7, 2025, that it had achieved what it calls the world’s first de-extinction through the birth of three dire wolves named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. The same ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With their names Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, these pups are playing to the cultural imagination, blending ancient mythology with ...

Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of three pups bearing the DNA signatures of dire wolves, an iconic predator last seen roaming North America over 10,000 years ago. With ...

Dax Shepard’s latest “Armchair Expert” guest did not arrive with a movie, album, or television series to promote. He came armed with ancient DNA, three enormous puppies and a plan to bring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us learned about extinction in high school biology, but did you know that de-extinction is real, too? The dire wolf, which ...

In recent months, the Dallas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences announced the rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf and woolly mammoth, species that had been extinct for thousands of years, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Texas-based "de-extinction" startup Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences ...

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