What Is a Dire Wolf? How Formerly Extinct Species Compares to Gray Wolves
From Newsweek.com:
For the first time in over 10,000 years, the howl of a dire wolf is echoing once more—this time, from within a secretive nature preserve in the United States. The predator, long thought extinct and famously mythologized in pop culture like Game of Thrones, is back, thanks to genetic engineering.
Colossal Biosciences has successfully birthed three dire wolf pups—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—through its “de-extinction” initiative. The project, combining ancient DNA analysis with CRISPR gene editing and modern surrogate breeding, marks a major milestone in genetic science and conservation.
