The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

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The Wolf Location Automated Mapping System, available to the public for the first time on The California Department of Fish ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last ...

The pitch that was sold to these news outlets was that these were the same species of dire wolves that went extinct many years ago. However, the truth of these dire wolves being genetically ...

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

Although some biologists have since poured cold water on the actual science behind the dire wolf’s revival, there’s now talk ...

The recent announcement of the resurrection of the dire wolf generated considerable global media attention and widespread ...

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 Romulus ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

With this breakthrough, humans are tampering with evolution beyond its historical use of artificial selection, or breeding ...