Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

The pups underwent 20 genetic edits across 14 genes to replicate the physical traits of their extinct ancestors.

It's been six months since two not-quite dire wolves were born on Earth around 10,000-12,000 years after the extinction of ...

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In April 2025, Colossal revealed three cloned wolf pups, Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, claiming they had “de-extincted” the legendary dire wolf. Headlines exploded.

Three names that will forever be remembered in the annals of science: Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—the world’s first de-extinct animals, whose very existence rewrites the rules of what’s possible in ...

The first two dire wolf pups were born via scheduled C-section on October 1, 2024. A third female pup, named Khaleesi after the Game of Thrones character, followed in January 2025.

Khaleesi, Romulus and Remus are the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in 12,000 years,” says the spokesperson.

On April 8, 2025, Colossal announced the successful birth of three dire wolf pups—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—marking the first-ever de-extinction of an animal through advanced genetic ...

Recent findings indicate that dire wolves and gray wolves are distantly related, having diverged about 5.7 million years ago and, as far as scientists can tell, never interbred since then.