Romulus and Remus nod to the legendary founders of Rome, raised by a wolf, while Khaleesi evokes the dire wolves of Game of Thrones. Dallas-based biotech company Colossal has announced the birth of ...

Colossal Biosciences has successfully bred three dire wolf pups, named Remus, Romulus, and Khaleesi, using ancient DNA, cloning, and gene-editing technology. This groundbreaking achievement marks ...

‘Dire wolf’ puppies Romulus and Remus napping on the Iron Throne (Picture: Colossal/Cover Images) A huge wolf lost for 10,000 years really has been brought back from the dead and will be ...

Colossal Biosciences has bioengineered a wolf that last roamed a vast range as far north as Canada and as far south as Venezuela some 10,000 years ago: the dire wolf. The company bred identical twin ...

This dire wolf pup is among the first of its species born in around 10,000 years. Colossal Biosciences Colossal also said it had cloned four red wolves, a critically endangered animal with under ...

"Colossal compared the genomes of the dire wolf and the gray wolf, and from about 19,000 genes, they determined that 20 changes in 14 genes gave them a dire wolf," Rawlence said.

However, they worked together and hunted in groups, much like modern wolf packs. While they weren’t built for long-distance running due to their size, they could move quickly in short bursts. Their ...

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While Romulus and Remus are two six-months old wolf pups, Khalessi is a 2-month old female pup. If we talk about their appearance, Dire Wolves are large-sized and have a dense coat of fur.

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years ...

The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already weigh in at around 80 pounds — on track to reach 140 pounds at maturity ...

Last fall, the dire wolf population jumped off the pages of folklore, returning from extinction. This week, Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company behind the births of the previously extinct ...