To "resurrect" the dire wolf, Colossal scientists made 20 tweaks to 14 genes in a modern-day gray wolf (Canis lupus) genome, modifying characteristics like body ... While the two species share many ...

recreate some of the physical characteristics of the long-gone species. After an initial flurry of favorable press, the skeptics weighed in. Biologists argued that a handful of genetic changes to a ...

They also identified dire wolf variants in regulatory regions that alter gene expression, affecting traits like size, musculature, and coat characteristics ... phenotypic (physical trait) effects of ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

Reproductive scientist Gabriela Mastromonaco on the impossibility of truly reviving extinct species, the dangerous ...

A leading expert on human gene engineering has warned of what might happen if advances in the area are not brought under ...

They discovered that while dire wolves share 99.5% of their DNA with modern gray wolves ... were edited to reproduce the dire wolf’s physical characteristics without causing adverse effects ...

Gray Wolf. Image by Michael LaRosa via Unsplash ... Denali National Park and the Yellowstone ecosystem provide valuable insights into how wolf physical characteristics, including size, relate to ...