The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...

In April, the Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences announced that it had successfully brought back the dire wolf, an animal whose howl had not been heard on Earth since the last member of ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks possible to resurrect even more.

Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of "dire wolf" pups, claiming a rebirth of the extinct species. However, the company's chief scientist clarified that these pups are actually gray wolves ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy.

The cover of Time Magazine’s May edition features a striking image of a large, white wolf. Above it, the word “extinct” in all caps is crossed out with a bold, red line. Texas biotech startup Colossal ...

Dire wolves — or really, wolves with traits like the extinct species — are back. But New York has plenty of its own fascinating extinct species.

The dire wolf is back — at least according to the company that made headlines earlier this month for the world’s first “de-extinction.” Animal species are going extinct at an alarming rate ...

Wolf conservationists say the truly dire matter is protecting America’s wild gray wolves — but that’s not as cute and cuddly for the headlines ...

In addition to the recent announcement of the dire wolf, Colossal has successfully birthed two litters of red wolf pups, a major breakthrough in de-extinction technology for global conservation.

Four cloned red wolves that fell out of the spotlight—hidden amid “de-extinction” hoopla about vanished dire wolves—tell the real secret to saving threatened species.