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Dire wolves — or really, wolves with traits like the extinct species — are back. But New York has plenty of its own fascinating extinct species.

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.

Meet the dire wolf: The dire wolf went extinct 13,000 years ago. What to know about this colossal beast But there's still plenty of questions being asked of Colossal. Here's a few.

The prehistoric dogs eventually evolved into larger sizes and independently evolved some traits similar to those of gray wolves, leading to the origin of dire wolves around 230,000 years ago.

Unlike the prehistoric dire wolf, these new creatures will not roam the outdoors nor hunt for prey. They will live on a 2,000-acre preserve enclosed by a 10-foot-tall, zoo-graded fence.

What we’re really looking at, it seems, are gray wolves modified to be dire wolves of George R.R. Martin’s books rather than living, breathing replicas of the actual prehistoric carnivores ...

A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups − all with ...

Science confirms that dire wolves Canis dirus failed to match the genetic definition of wolves. The prehistoric divergence between direct ancestors and gray wolves occurred approximately 5.7 ...