Colossal CEO Ben Lamm said the team used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull to analyze the full ...

Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of three dire wolf puppies. Romulus and Remus were born in October 2024, while Khaleesi arrived in January 2025. Dallas-based biotech company Colossal ...

When the first dire wolf pup was delivered by Caesarean section, Colossal’s chief animal officer, Matt James, recalled gently rubbing the newborn between two towels to stimulate its first breath.

A one-month-old dire wolf pup. (Courtesy of Colossal Biosciences) Researchers from a private biosciences company called Colossal say they’ve extracted DNA from a 13,000-year-old fossil to bring ...

"Scientists studying dogs' origins have long known that the brain of a dog is similar to that of a four-month-old wolf pup," says Dr Helena Telkanranta, the author of several popular books on ...

A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...

“Our team took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal CEO Ben Lamm. “It was once said, ‘any sufficiently advanced ...

An undated photo provided by Colossal Biosciences shows a 6-month-old wolf pup, one of three that carry dire-wolf genes, including genes for a white coat and a large body. The three animals ...

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm said the team used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull to analyze the full genome of the species and create three healthy dire wolf puppies ...