light-colored fur, traits believed to have helped dire wolves survive cold climates during the Ice Age. The 20 genome edits were made to replicate the dire wolf’s ancient DNA, with 15 of those ...

Baby wolves are adorable creatures that are born weighing a single pound! They are some of nature’s cutest canines. However, they grow up to be among the most dangerous apex predators in their ...

On Monday, biotech company Colossal announced what it views as its first successful de-extinction: the dire wolf. These large predators were lost during the Late Pleistocene extinctions that ...

The Colossal team thus engineered two other genes that shut down black and red pigmentation, leading to the dire wolf’s characteristic light color without causing any harm in the edited gray ...

Next, the Colossal researchers edited the gray wolf genome in 20 sites over 14 genes to express specific traits of dire wolves including a light-colored coat, hair length, coat patterning ...

Next, the Colossal researchers edited the gray wolf genome in 20 sites over 14 genes to express specific traits of dire wolves, including a light-colored coat, hair length and coat patterning ...

Gene Editing Process: Modern gray wolf DNA was edited to include 20 key genetic variants unique to dire wolves. These edits targeted traits such as body size, coat pigmentation (light-colored fur ...

The red wolf is a critically endangered species ... More surprising was the discovery that dire wolves carried genes for a light-colored coat, and the hair was probably thick and dense.