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Scientists may be celebrating the return of the dire wolf, but noted actress Whoopi Goldberg wants the resurrection of prehistoric animals to stop there. From her seat on The View, the Oscar-winning ...

The answer, according to the Texas-based Colossal Biosciences, is a six-month-old dire wolf, a canine species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. But scientists have a different name ...

Romulus and Remus, the pups with dire wolf traits that were bred by Colossal Biosciences, are pictured at three months old. A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical ...

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week ...

"Colossal compared the genomes of the dire wolf and the gray wolf, and from about 19,000 genes, they determined that 20 changes in 14 genes gave them a dire wolf," Rawlence said.

These massive wolves had to compete with large carnivores like sabertooth cats, bears, and other bone-crushing dogs. However, they worked together and hunted in groups, much like modern wolf packs.

When we heard scientists had literally brought back the Dire Wolf from extinction, we thought, "Who would the Miami Dolphins bring back?" The question seemed absurd until hundreds and hundreds of ...

Romulus and Remus nod to the legendary founders of Rome, raised by a wolf, while Khaleesi evokes the dire wolves of Game of Thrones. It's a resurrection story made for the headlines, but beneath ...

The extinct Dire wolf (Canis dirus) is the most common species of wolf found in the asphalt at Rancho La Brea. In this diorama, a complete Dire wolf skeleton is shown with an artist’s conception of ...

For the first time ever, scientists say they have made a species de-extinct, bringing the dire wolf back into the world thousands of years after it died off. Colossal Biosciences, a company based ...

They vanished more than 10,000 years ago. But now, a genetic company claims it has successfully revived a dire wolf by sequencing the species’ DNA from ancient fossils. Colossal Biosciences ...