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Dire wolf scientists should know “de-extinction” is a fool’s errand (Opinion)
To breathless media coverage, a company called Colossal Biosciences now claims to have produced three genetically engineered ...
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The wolf at your door might need help to survive as a species
Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences had the world howling about dire wolves. But for ethicists, the question is our ...
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How related are dire wolves and gray wolves? The answer might surprise you.
In a controversial announcement in early April, Colossal revealed it had genetically engineered gray wolf DNA to create three ...
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Extinct dire wolf species returns after 12,500 years - what are they and how are they different from today's gray wolves
The firm used the application of gene-editing to edit the genetic code of a living gray wolf to basically bring back the extinct dire wolf species. This makes the dire wolf of today the first de ...
Supposed dire wolf 'de-extinction' is part cool science, part flashy marketing
Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf ...
Is this really a dire wolf? Here’s how the ‘de-extinct’ pups compare to the real thing.
The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...