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Scientists say they ‘de-extincted’ dire wolves. Experts at La Brea Tar Pits are skeptical
Colossal Biosciences, the company that made headlines years back for claims they wanted to revive the woolly mammoth, say ...
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Dire wolves are back. Here's how Ohio helped bring back the extinct species
The dire wolf from the ice age was brought back to life with the help of an Ohio fossil. Here's what you need to know and how ...
The ‘dire wolf’ dilemma
Last month, it announced it had bred “woolly mice” — editing mice genes to create long-haired pups. Now it says it has bred three animals that resemble dire wolves, a species that diverged from grey ...
Crying wolf: Time capsules needed, not time machines
The most exotic animal seen since Herodotus wrote of India's gold-digging ants used to be Devil, the ‘Bengal mountain wolf’ ...
Scientists discover 'unusual' mammoth tooth and extract its 'long-lost' DNA
Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...
Should we be bringing back extinct species? Ethical concerns raised after dire wolf allegedly resurrected
The recent claim the long extinct dire wolf was resurrected made headlines around the world. But bioethicists and ecologists ...
Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats—but where's the evidence?
In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...