Colossal Biosciences has modified 20 genes from the gray wolf to create a canine that resembles a species that went extinct ...

Created by editing the gray wolf genome, two dire wolves are the subject of vastly-differing opinions on what it means to bring back an extinct species.​​​​​ ...

Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born last year are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits ...

About the same size as the modern-day gray wolves (Canis lupus), the dire wolf’s canine tooth had the strongest bite force of ...

While Colossal has called the pups it has bred 'dire wolves', it has maintained these are not entirely the same species that ...

The dog, Canis familiaris, is a direct descendent of the gray wolf, Canis lupus: In other words, dogs as we know them are domesticated wolves. Not only their behavior changed; domestic dogs are ...

Like the red wolf, it is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy, and ...