Scientists: Dire wolf brought back from extinction after 13,000 years

Three individuals of a wolf species that went extinct about 10,000 years ago were born thanks to advances in genetic engineering: Using preserved ancient DNA, scientists at Colossal deciphered the Dire Wolf genome and modified the genetic code of the common gray wolf to match it. With domestic dogs as surrogate mothers, Romulus, Remus and their sister Khaleesi, now 2 months old, were born in three separate births last fall and winter. For the first time, a lineage of beasts whose living gene poo

Researchers revive long-extinct dire wolf species

Dire wolves brought back after 10,000 years