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A Texas-based genetics company says the long-extinct dire wolf is back. Some critics say that's not quite true.

A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws ...

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves recently featured prominently in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

The immediate reaction to the Colossal Biosciences’ claims from a broad section of the scientific community was highly ...

The long-extinct carnivorous mammal, familiar to fans of “Game of Thrones” hasn’t been alive for more than 10,000 years and ...

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer writes the “Origins” column and has covered de-extinction for more than a decade.