When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous ...

There was a lot of hype about an American company's announcement about ancient dire wolves. It raises questions about the bid to "bring back" the Tasmanian tiger.

A genetic engineering company has stunned the world by bringing the ancient dire wolf back from extinction, but it won't stop ...

The industry’s pawprints are all over the buzzy de-extincted canine, with famous investors including Peter Jackson and George ...

A thylacine or 'Tasmanian wolf', or 'Tasmanian tiger' in captivity, circa 1930. These animals are thought to be extinct, since the last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930 and the last captive ...

Colossal has also been trying to bring back other extinct species, such as the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger. The dire wolf pups live on an ecological preserve over 2,000 acres in size ...

Zoologist Philip Seddon from the University of Otago in New Zealand explained the animals are "genetically modified grey ...

The company said it hopes to use what it's learned to keep the red "ghost" wolf from going extinct. In addition, the company is actively working toward using a similar process to bring back the woolly ...

with the hope of bringing back the extinct features. Besides the woolly mammoth, the firm is also working on bringing back the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine), woolly mouse, and dire wolf. Colossal ...

The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.