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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, ...
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What happens to Colorado’s reintroduced wolves when they leave the state?
Over the last month, two of Colorado’s latest gray wolf transplants were killed after crossing the border into Wyoming.
What are dire wolves? Major differences between formerly extinct species and today's gray wolves
Colossal scientists have claimed that they have created three dire wolf pups, whose closest living relative is the gray wolf.
Extinct dire wolf species returns after 12,500 years - what are they and how are they different from today's gray wolves
Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, ...
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The Return of the Dire Wolf
“We’re now talking about 85 different genes ... conservationists identified all species—including the red wolf—principally by their phenotype, or appearance. Plenty of wolves that did ...
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12,000 Years Later, Dire Wolves Are Back
They opted to edit a different gene for coat lightness ... could help boost the numbers of the world’s most endangered wolf species. Lamm encountered the species’ plight on a visit to ...
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Did genetic engineering really bring back a wolf species extinct for more than 10,000 years?
“All you can do now is make something look superficially like something else”— not fully revive extinct species ... gray wolf and used CRISPR to genetically modify them in 20 different ...