Now, in a coordinated PR blitz, the company is claiming that clones of gray wolves with lightly edited genomes have essentially brought the dire wolf back ... also had a light-colored coat.

These changes gave the pups traits like larger bodies and longer, fuller, light-colored fur ... claims that the company had brought the dire wolf back from extinction. "So yes, they have slightly ...

Of course, the process wasn’t as simple as just bringing a dead dire wolf back to life or just cloning it. Ancient DNA degrades over time, so researchers couldn’t just clone a dire wolf outright.

Now, the dire wolf is back, brought bounding into the 21st century ... the dire wolf has three genes that code for its light coat, but in gray wolves they can lead to deafness and blindness.

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction ... including a light-colored coat, hair length and coat ...

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences said Monday that it used gene editing to create “de-extinct animals” in the form of three pups with the light-colored ... the dire wolf back from extinction ...

Ancient DNA from the dire wolf, a species that has been extinct for ... The woolly mouse was a step toward bringing the woolly mammoth back to life, which has been a goal of the company since ...

Distinctive traits of the dire wolf include light thick fur and muscular jaws, while they are also much larger than grey wolves (Colossal Biosciences via AP) ...