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

While the wolves have stirred scientific debate, Colossal remains undeterred. The company says Khaleesi, Romulus, and Remus ...

with an emphasis on large size and a white coat. For example, the researchers edited in a gene variant that's found in gray wolf populations that are physically large, rather than the variant ...

"So what Colossal has produced is a grey wolf, but it has some dire wolf-like characteristics, like a larger skull and white fur," said Dr Rawlence. "It's a hybrid." Dr Beth Shapiro, a biologist ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the death of the fourth gray wolf this year. Officials said the female gray wolf, ...

The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws ... are much larger than gray wolves, their closest living relatives today.

They are recognizably dire wolves. A reporter for Time magazine notes, compared to the common gray wolf, their “white coat, larger size, more powerful shoulders, wider head, larger teeth and ...

Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient ... He could tell the experiments were a success the moment he spotted the white coat of a pup.