The dire wolf isn’t the only animal that Colossal, which was founded in 2021 and currently employs 130 scientists, wants to bring back. Also on their de-extinction wish list is the woolly mammoth, the ...

ALBANY — DNA from an animal shot in 2021 has proven that wolves do occasionally traipse into New York. It’s been more than 125 years since wolves truly lived in New York state — or anywhere in the ...

Dire wolves, made famous by “Game of Thrones,” went extinct some 13,000 years ago. Now, researchers have bred gray-wolf pups that carry genes of their ancient cousins. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer ...

As social animals, wolves form dynamic groups, sometimes hanging around for a bit and then moving to another area. They only become an established pack, in the eyes of the state wildlife agency, when ...