In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...

Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company, is using gene-editing technology to resurrect extinct species like the dodo and the woolly mammoth.

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for ...

When I returned to Colossal’s new headquarters in Dallas last week for its official grand opening, the first thing I noticed was the lobby. While this large open space looked complete before, ...

People can debate for days, weeks and years whether dragons ever existed, but there are some fantastical creatures we know to have been real. The dire wolf, made famous as the symbol of House Stark in ...

Colossal Biosciences’ cloned “dire wolves” hit a major milestone this week, as the female dire wolf Khaleesi finall got a chance to meet her brothers, Remus and Romulus. Colossal has been posting ...

In recent months, the Dallas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences announced the rebirth of the long-extinct dire wolf and woolly mammoth, species that had been extinct for thousands of years, ...

A Colossal Biosciences representative confirmed that the dire wolves that the company brought back from extinction are growing quickly, already exceeding the grey wolf in size The genetic engineering ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated UAE's investment in Colossal Bioscience. The correct amount is $60 million. Colossal Biosciences, the biotech ...