But scientists now claim to have resurrected the dire wolf ... of a grey wolf to produce grey wolf pups with dire wolf features such as pale coats and potentially slightly larger size – so ...

But scientists now claim to have resurrected the dire wolf ... of a grey wolf to produce grey wolf pups with dire wolf features such as pale coats and potentially slightly larger size – so ...

A biotech company used DNA from thousands of years ago to clone three wolf pups that resemble the extinct dire wolf.

Scientists at a Dallas-based biotech firm say they are bringing back the dire wolf from extinction ... The carnivore was known for its imposing size, specialized "bone-cracking back teeth ...

From those two specimens, the Colossal team recovered enough DNA to create two dire wolf genomes to compare with other ... along with body size and musculature. Fertilized dire wolf eggs were ...

The dire wolf is a canine species that has been ... and are defined by their enormous size in comparison to modern wolves, growing "up to six feet in length" with white coats.

From those two specimens, Shapiro and the team at Colossal recovered enough DNA to create two dire wolf genomes to compare with other ... along with body size and musculature.

Yet last week, Time proclaimed their second coming with a white wolf on its cover. An illustration shows what a North American habitat with ancient dire wolves and Colombian mammoths might have ...

The project also provides foundational techniques for Colossal's use in cloning endangered species such as the red wolf. Size is one of the most immediate differences between a dire wolf and today ...

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Just more than a week has gone by since Colossal Biosciences, the company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, revealed it had produced three live dire wolves puppies – Remus, Romulus and ...