Wolves may belong to the canine family, but they are far larger and more formidable than your average dog, or even their close cousin, the coyote. With powerful builds, massive paws, and imposing ...

Those cute dire wolves are forming ... pack behavior and wolf populations. Artificial intelligence software helps identify ...

Dire wolves were much larger than the non-extinct gray wolf; they weighed anywhere from 130 to 150 pounds, stood about three feet at the shoulder and were about six feet long.

Colossal Biosciences bold announcements about its project to replicate dire wolf traits have drawn criticism from many ...

Researchers believe the dire wolf lineage split from the one leading to gray wolves — which did not go extinct — about 5.5 million years ago and remained isolated despite overlapping territory ...

Dire wolves, brought back into the spotlight through recent cloning efforts, are often portrayed as the greatest of prehistoric canines. Yet, even the largest dire wolf would pale in comparison to ...

The dire wolf is a canine species that has been extinct for around 10,000 years, having lived up to 250,000 years ago. Living in the Americas, they are thought to have "died out as their prey did ...

Colossal Biosciences shared an update on the dire wolves they brought back from extinction; three pups, Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi, that have doubled in size over the past 6 months ...

Colossal used a gray wolf genome – which is 99.5% identical to the dire wolf genomes – and edited the genome to make it even more similar to the extinct dire wolf, altering their size and ...

Nevertheless, the information that the company has released indicates that it was focused on recapitulating the appearance of a dire wolf, with an emphasis on large size and a white coat. For ...