Scientists Debate Claim That “Extinct” Dire Wolves Are Back ...

In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 ...

Such killings are not new but are typically carried out by wildlife officials.

The push to revive extinct animals is accelerating, but scientists disagree about whether gene-edited species count as true ...

A Dallas-based biotech company called Colossal Biosciences says it has produced “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing technology, but critics argue the animals are genetically modified gray ...

For months, researchers in a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, worked in secrecy, culturing grey-wolf blood cells and altering the DNA within. The scientists then plucked nuclei from these gene-edited ...

Our team took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal ...

State and federal wildlife agencies reported 319 Mexican gray wolves in the wild, up from 286 a year ago.

A biotech company says CRISPR could revive extinct animals like the dodo and mammoth — but many scientists remain skeptical.

A Dallas-based startup says it has produced three “de-extinct” dire wolf pups using gene-editing technology — and the dodo ...

The genetic engineering company, Colossal Biosciences, first announced the arrival of the dire wolves in April Colossal Biosciences shared footage from the first face-to-face meeting between its three ...

The Mexican wolf, seen here at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo., Oct. 15, 2025, is the most critically endangered wolf subspecies on Earth. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Less than an ...