Dire wolves went extinct roughly 13,000 years ago ... dire wolves were once among the most successful Ice Age predators, roaming widely across North and South America. Dire wolf remains have ...

With millions of edits needed, it was assumed that researchers would need to prioritise the most important DNA sequences, yielding an animal genome that wasn't exactly the same as the extinct one.

We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

Ethicists and conservationists appear to be divided over what the purpose of bringing back extinct species should be – and whether it matters.