In April of 2025, headlines across the world announced that the dire wolf had been brought back from extinction. This 130-150 lbs wolf species, about 25% heavier than modern-day gray wolves, had not ...
From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...
Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...
Knoepfler is STAT’s Lab Dish columnist and a professor of cell biology and human anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. De-extinction firm Colossal Biosciences announced Tuesday that it was acquiring ...
Biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences used genetic editing techniques to alter 20 genes of gray wolves (pictured above) to express certain characteristics of ancient dire wolves. The company says ...
From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the charge, has made ...