Dire Wolf

After Dire Wolf Revival, Elon Musk Asks for a Miniature Woolly Mammoth

08 Apr 2025

Elon Musk now desires a small woolly mammoth as a pet. The richest man in the world made an unusual request after a US biotech firm announced that it had successfully produced live cubs of genetically engineered dire wolves, which are extinct — a huge breakthrough in de-extinction science. Texas-based...

Colossal: The Biotech Trailblazer Behind the Return of the Dire Wolf

08 Apr 2025

The dire wolf, a species that went extinct about 12,500 years ago and was immortalized by HBO's Game of Thrones, has now been resurrected by Texas-based Colossal Biosciences. The world's sole de-extinction company, Colossal, has successfully bred three dire wolf pups: teenage males Romulus and Remus, and a female pup...

Colossal Biosciences Answers Indian Man’s Query on Dire Wolf De-Extinction

08 Apr 2025

Texas biotech firm Colossal Biosciences made headlines globally after announcing the birth of three genetically modified dire wolf pups named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, the world's first such animals in the field of de-extinction. Dire wolves, a species which had become extinct over 12,000 years ago, were household names all...

10,000 Years Later, the Dire Wolf Lives Again—Here’s How Scientists Did It | Watch

08 Apr 2025

In a groundbreaking step for science and conservation, Colossal Biosciences has resurrected the extinct dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—the first de-extinction of a species to be a success. With a combination of ancient DNA sequencing, CRISPR gene editing, and cutting-edge cloning techniques, the group has brought back the predator that stalked...

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