Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo, doesn’t care what you call ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In a controversial announcement in early April, Colossal revealed it had genetically engineered ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

So, Colossal Biosciences — the company that’s somehow worth a casual $10.2 billion without delivering any real de-extinction success — announced they’ve “brought back” the dire wolf. A slow clap from ...

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed ...

Colossal Biosciences announced in April that it had created dire-wolf-like creatures. This year, we could hear the wolves’ mature howls. Technology has enabled the capture of some pretty amazing ...

"Dire wolves" created by Colossal Biosciences were pegged as "the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction." But that all depends on your definition of de-extinction — and ...

When Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences' announced it was bringing back dire wolves from extinction, lots of people wondered if this was fact or fantasy. William Lynn, a research scientist at Clark ...

Just more than a week has gone by since Colossal Biosciences, the company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, revealed it had produced three live dire wolves puppies – Remus, Romulus and ...

Those cute dire wolves are forming a pack. If you remember, Colossal Biosciences, the company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, revealed in April 2025 it had successfully birthed a trio of ...