April 9, 2025 12:05 PM

US company resurrects the extinct dire wolf, or some version of it

The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of modern wolves. The species went extinct along with many others as the Ice Age ended. Roughly 13,000 years later, a U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion - aside from the TV versions in the popular "Game of Thrones" fantasy series. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of t...