Colossal Biosciences' chief scientist has clarified that its "dire wolves" are just genetically modified gray wolves ...

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the media swallowed the claim whole.

and an inner-ear bone from American Falls, Idaho, roughly 72,000 years old. Twenty genes of gray wolves were edited with this DNA to include dire wolf traits in gray wolf cells. Through ...

How similar were they to today’s gray wolves? And why did they die ... adaptive traits are believed to have entered North American wolf populations via mixing with other canids on the continent ...

Colossal said the facility had been certified by the American Humane Society and registered ... from the genetic analysis to alter gray wolf cells, making 20 edits in 14 genes before cloning ...

“It was a wolf that was well-adapted to native ecosystems on this continent and its ancestors evolved alongside other American originals like camels and horses,” Widga says. Unlike gray ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company ... comparing it with DNA from the gray wolf, which the company claims is the closest living relative of the dire wolf, and making ...

Next, the Colossal researchers edited the gray wolf genome in 20 sites over 14 ... that was certified by the American Humane Society and registered with the USDA. The dire wolf disappeared during ...

The Department of Natural Resources estimates the gray wolf population to be over 1,000 ... tied to the history and stories told by Native American tribes, as well. “This case is about Wisconsin ...

The ranch specializes in North American wildlife and seeks to advance ... Federal protection for nearly 50 years has helped gray wolf populations steadily recover, mostly in the Rocky Mountains ...

Nearly hunted out of existence in California, newly reintroduced gray wolves are killing cattle, hurting ranchers' bottom line.