Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?

Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made headlines for ambitious efforts to bring back long-lost animals using cutting edge genetic engineering.

The dire wolf isn’t exactly back, but it wouldn’t be the first ‘de-extinct’ species — and dodos and Tasmanian tigers could be next

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck — it still might not be a duck, but rather, a genetically modified animal similar to one. On Monday, the world met Romulus and Remus, who were presented as “the first dire wolves to exist in 10,000 years.”Seguir leyendo

Dire wolves are back: Colossal says woolly mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger are next

The company that claims to have "resurrected" the dire wolf has its sights set on the woolly mammoth, dodo bird and Tasmanian tiger.

The Texan start-up Colossal claimed to have resurrected a species of missing wolves, shaking many fantasies.

It's a dream for some: to bring missing species back to life, but to what extent is it really possible?

Scientists who have brought an extinct wolf species back to life plan to revive a woolly mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger ᐅ TSN.ua (news 1+1)