Canines. The most noticeable teeth in the wolf’s mouth are the canine teeth. These are large, conical, sharp, and recurved towards the skull. Canine teeth can grow up to 2.5 inches long and are ...

To that end, the dire wolf was bigger than the grey wolves that existed at the same time, with large, shearing teeth carrying an extremely strong bite force. While the more flexible grey wolf is ...

For over 200,000 years, dire wolves roamed across North America—from southern Alberta, Canada to Florida, and even down into Chile. The ancient animals were megafauna hunters, ultimately ...

The dire wolf isn’t the only animal that Colossal, which was founded in 2021 and currently employs 130 scientists, wants to bring back. Also on their de-extinction wish list is the woolly ...

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week, the Dallas ...

Dire wolves were originally thought to have more likely been relatives of jackals. But Colossal's findings suggest the dire wolf goes back about 4.5 million years ago with ancestors including a ...

Jerry Garcia in 1982. "Dire Wolf" stayed in the Grateful Dead's setlists from 1969 onward. - Credit: Clayton Call/Redferns/Getty Images OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of ...

Colossal Biosciences, an American biotechnology company, announced the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf, a prehistoric wolf species that died out more than 10,000 years ago, in April 2025.

The dire wolf project is evidence that Colossal's approach to de-extinction works. The company has positioned its technology as a crucial instrument in the broader fight against biodiversity loss.

Scientists working for Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences claim to have brought the dire wolf, which went extinct about 12,500 years ago, back to life.

OK, let’s face it. You heard the news about the return of dire wolf pups after 12,000 years, marking the end of that species’ extinction. And maybe you thought, “Wow, 12,000 years flies by ...

The dire wolf genome analyzed to determine what those changes were was extracted from two ancient samples—one a 13,000-year-old tooth found in Sheridan Pit, Ohio, the other a 72,000-year-old ear ...