Colossal Biosciences, the genetic engineering company working to bring back the woolly mammoth, has actually already brought back one of its extinct Ice Age cohabitants: the dire wolf. The Dallas ...

The company took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies, according to Colossal Biosciences CEO, Ben Lamm. “I could not be more proud of ...

About 25% larger than modern-day gray wolves, dire wolves had thicker, more muscular legs, more powerful shoulders, a wider head and snout with larger jaws and teeth. The dire wolf stood about 3½ ...

Dire wolf brought back from extinction after 13,000 years, scientists claim – what to know. By Kelly Hayes ... They had a slightly wider head, light thick fur, and a stronger jaw.

Dire wolves were originally thought to have more likely been relatives of jackals. But Colossal's findings suggest the dire wolf goes back about 4.5 million years ago with ancestors including a ...

The Game of Thrones series popularized the dire wolf as the emblem of the noble and doomed House Stark, and now Colossal claims to have brought it—or at least something that looks like a dire ...

Here's how Colossal Biosciences brought the dire wolf back after more than 10,000 years. Skip to Content. ... wider head, larger teeth, more powerful shoulders, more-muscular legs, and ...

There were some cases where the variants found in the dire wolf were edited in. Without the full catalog of edits, it's impossible to tell how many of the 15 changes were dire wolf-specific.

The dire wolf, a species that went extinct some 12,500 years ago but was made famous by the Game of Thrones series, has been brought back to life, according to Texas-based biotech firm Colossal ...

The dire wolf, made famous in the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones," has been genetically-engineered by scientists in the U.S. after going extinct around 13,000 years ago.