If paleontologists can understand the fate of the dire wolf, they could give today’s canids, from bush dogs to gray wolves, a better shot at survival. Related Topics PALEONTOLOGY ...

Nevertheless, the information that the company has released indicates that it was focused on recapitulating the appearance of a dire wolf, with an emphasis on large size and a white coat.

The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already weigh in at around 80 pounds — on track to reach 140 pounds at maturity ...

Colossal Biosciences said Monday the wolf pups range in age from three to six months old and have long white hair and muscular jaws. Dire wolves went extinct more than 10,000 years ago.

Dire wolf DNA is 99.5 percent identical to that of gray wolves, Shapiro tells New Scientist’s Michael Le Page. But that 0.5 percent difference could consist of millions of base pairs.