Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025.

At the time of writing, the figure appears as sold-out on the Kotobukiya Japanese online store. However, the official Kotobukiya social media has been updating which physical stores in Japan still ...

Earlier this week, Colossal Biosciences claimed that they’d brought the dire wolf back from extinction after some 12,000 years. They debuted photos of five-month-old Romulus and Remus ...

Colossal Biosciences achieves a scientific breakthrough. They bring back the dire wolf from extinction. Using genetic engineering, the team extracted DNA from ancient fossils. They created embryos ...

The dire wolf went extinct around 10,000 years ago. The recent claim that a U.S. biotechnology company resurrected the long-extinct dire wolf through genetic engineering seemed to shock the ...

“It’s not a dire wolf. It’s misleading to call it that,” says Vincent Lynch, an evolutionary biologist at the University at Buffalo. “I can't explain how pissed off it made me, because ...

Some of the media headlines have been breathless. Time magazine hailed “The Return of the Dire Wolf.” On the venerable news magazine’s cover, the word “Extinct” is crossed out.

A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups − all ...

Ben Lamm is the de-extinction entrepreneur who says he has brought back the dire wolf, a species that died out more than 10,000 years ago. On Joe Rogan's podcast to explain the process ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. As generative AI continues to evolve, social media users are ...

Martin, who popularized the dire wolf in the hit series “Game of Thrones ... Lady, adopted by Sansa Stark. Nymeria, adopted by Arya Stark. Shaggydog, adopted by Rickon Stark.