The result is essentially a hybrid species similar in appearance to its extinct forerunner. The dire wolf, Aenocyon dirus, which was the inspiration for the fearsome canine featured in the HBO TV ...

Colossal Biosciences says it used novel gene-editing technology to alter gray wolf DNA to breed the animals. Dire wolves ...

Focused breeding programs for this species can struggle due to a lack of genetic diversity; Colossal’s approach to revive a hybrid of the dire wolf represents a new way to genetically engineer ...