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The dire wolf is back. Or is it? Colossal defends its science amid critics
Colossal Biosciences revealed recently it had born three pups using the ancient DNA of the dire wolf, which went extinct ...
Is this really a dire wolf? Here’s how the ‘de-extinct’ pups compare to the real thing.
The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...
Ancient DNA research aids de-extinction efforts and reveals surprising dire wolf ancestry
Colossal Biosciences made global headlines when they announced that they had successfully brought the dire wolf back from ...
Supposed dire wolf 'de-extinction' is part cool science, part flashy marketing
Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...
The ‘return’ of an extinct wolf is not the answer to saving endangered species, experts warn
Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...
Scientists say they 'de-extincted' dire wolves: Experts are skeptical
When news broke that scientists in Texas had successfully reintroduced the long-extinct dire wolf to the modern world, more ...
They’re here. They’re howling. But, are they resurrected dire wolves?
Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that ...
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The dire wolf is back. Or is it? Colossal defends its science amid critics
The Dallas-based biotech firm has reveled in compliments and been hit with criticism over the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf. And there's been a lot of questions, too. The Colossal team posted a ...
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Is the once-extinct dire wolf back? | Explained
The story so far: On April 7, a biotechnology company in Texas, U.S., named Colossal Biosciences announced that it had “resurrected” a dire wolf, a large predator that went extinct more than ...