Colossal Biosciences announced in April that it had created dire-wolf-like creatures. This year, we could hear the wolves’ mature howls. Technology has enabled the capture of some pretty amazing ...

Then, roughly 12,500 years ago, it vanished entirely.

Immortalized in Game of Thrones and on the crest of House Stark, the dire wolf is walking the earth again and even howling after going extinct nearly 10,000 years ago. As announced today by genetic ...

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo, doesn’t care what you call ...

The idea of extinct Ice Age predators roaring back into the modern world sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie. Yet on October 1, 2024, Colossal Biosciences’ scientists stunned humanity by ...

Advancing science may make it possible to bring back extinct species like the dire wolf—but should it? CU Boulder environmental studies and philosophy Professor Ben Hale says the answer is complicated ...

In movies and literature, a wolf’s haunting howl can signify danger or untamed nature. In real life, researchers in Yellowstone National Park are analyzing those howls with cutting-edge AI technology ...

Technology has enabled the capture of some pretty amazing sounds, like the moan of a black hole or the purr of a worm-shaped amphibian. Now, one Dallas-based startup says it is preparing to unveil a ...