In a jaw-dropping move that sounds like it leapt from the pages of science fiction, American biotech firm Colossal Biosciences says it has done the unthinkable.
The company claims it has brought the dire wolf back from extinction.
Yes, the fearsome canine that vanished over 10,000 years ago now reportedly walks — or at least wags — among us once more.
Meet Romulus, Remus, and their younger sibling Khaleesi — three pups born through what Colossal is calling the “world’s first de-extinction process.”
What Happened?
The company says it reconstructed the dire wolf genome from fossilized remains up to 72,000 years old.
It then used gene editing on grey wolves — which already share 99.5% of their DNA — to engineer the ancient predator back to life.
“I had all the confidence that this was going to work,” said Beth Shapiro, Colossal’s lead scientist.
But not everyone’s buying it.
Paleontologist Julie Meachen raised an eyebrow: “I don’t think they are actually dire wolves… more like grey wolves with a makeover.”
Still, the trio now lives under tight security in a secret facility.
Cameras, drones, fences — the whole sci-fi setup.
So, have we just taken our first bite into the past? Or are we raising more questions than wolves?
One thing’s certain: nature just got a reboot.
