A professor of anatomy at Des Moines University contributed research to revive the extinct dire wolf — or something similar ...

The dire wolf, Aenocyon dirus ... an associate professor in the department of anatomy at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Other potential uses include “editing harmful mutations out ...

This undated photo provided by Colossal Biosciences shows a young wolf that was genetically engineered with similarities to the extinct dire wolf. (Colossal Biosciences via AP) ...

A U.S. company has taken a step aimed at bringing the dire wolf back from oblivion. Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has announced the birth of three genetically engineered wolf pups − all ...

“It’s not a dire wolf. It’s misleading to call it that,” says Vincent Lynch, an evolutionary biologist at the University at Buffalo. “I can't explain how pissed off it made me, because ...