Dire wolves or not, these pups could help counter extinction

Dire wolves or not, these pups could help counter extinction

Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi are the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in more than 10,000 years. Or so claims one biotech company and a host of recent headlines. On April 7, Colossal Biosciences announced it had achieved the “world’s first de-extinction” — an ice-age species brought back from the dead. It was referring to those three pups, all born in the last year. With snowy-white coats and muscular bodies, these pups were instant icons. The…

Those aren’t resurrected dire wolves, they’re customised grey wolves

Earlier this month, Time magazine published a striking news article highlighted on its cover: the dire wolf is back. The newsmaker was a biotechnological company called Colossal Biosciences, which focuses on de-extinction of species that no longer exist. Across numerous magazine articles, they shared the photos of three nice snow-white pups with wolf-like faces and claimed that they are representatives of Aenocyon dirus – a canid species that ro…

How Colossal Biosciences Achieved a Genetic Breakthrough with the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has accomplished what many thought impossible: bringing back the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), an iconic Ice Age predator that vanished approximately 13,000 years ago. This historic achievement marks the first-ever successful de-extinction of an animal species, demonstrating the potential of cutting-edge genetic technologies to restore lost biodiversity. The resurrection of the dire wolf relied on a sophisticated fusion of anc…

The Art of De-Extinction: Reanimating Species We’ve Lost

Through a stunning variety of mediums, some artists are finding creative ways to bring extinct creatures back to life.

The Complete Journey of Dire Wolf De-Extinction

When Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of three healthy dire wolf pups in April 2025, it marked the culmination of a remarkable scientific journey—from ancient fossils buried for millennia to living, breathing animals. This process, spanning multiple scientific disciplines and technological innovations, transformed fragments of prehistoric DNA into the first-ever de-extinct species. Here’s the complete narrative of how a 13,000-year-old t…

Entrepreneur Ben Lamm on breathing new life into extinct species

Ben Lamm, a trailblazing entrepreneur at the forefront of cutting-edge science, is leading efforts to bring back extinct species through advanced genetic engineering. From the dodo bird of Mauritius to the woolly mammoth of the Arctic tundra, Lamm plans to return these animals to their native habitats. In April 2025, his company, Colossal Biosciences, announced a major scientific breakthrough: the successful revival of the dire wolf, a species b…