Dire wolves might sound like something out of fantasy fiction – especially popularized by the Game of Thrones series – but they were very real creatures that once roamed North and South ...

The dire wolf is a relative of the now-common gray wolf, with clear differences apparent between the two species' skeletons.

The dire wolf is a canine species that has been extinct for around 10,000 years, having lived up to 250,000 years ago. Living ...

A biotech company made history with the birth of three genetically engineered wolves: What we know about these prehistoric ...

We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

Colossal Bioscience says it has “de-extincted” the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important ...

A species of wolf that died out some 12,500 years ago lives again as the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal,” according to Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences.

A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws ...

A group of scientists claims to have brought back to life a species of wolf that went extinct more than 10,000 years ago - but is it true? Here's all we know about the three pups created by ...

Most experts USA TODAY spoke with agreed that attempts to de-extinct animals, like the dire wolf, result in animals that are not the same as their ancestors and are actually hybrid animals.