Dire Wolves Went Extinct. Are They Back?

Dire Wolves went extinct. Are they back?

Scientists at a company called Colossal Biosciences created these “Dire Wolf” pups using gene editing. They first extracted pieces of ancient Dire Wolf DNA from two fossils, and used that to map out their genomes.

Then, they compared that to the DNA of a bunch of different wolves and pinpointed the places that made Dire Wolves unique - like for example the LCORL gene, responsible for their larger size.

Then, using the DNA of a close relative, the Gray Wolf, they edited 14 genes that made Dire Wolves unique - and swapped this DNA into an egg that was then fertilized and put into a surrogate dog. The (adorable) pups are larger, more muscular and have white coats and this unique howl...

The big hope is to one day restore some of the world’s lost biodiversity.

This company also created the “woolly mouse” and plans to make more species as well.

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[DanielRodriguez-tzrm]

Quick Note… just to clarify for some, these are not resurrected dire wolves but genetically modified gray wolves engineered to mimic some dire wolf traits (like size and fur color); their DNA remains overwhelmingly gray wolf, lacking the extinct species’ distinct genetic lineage.

[Jogoat_d_god]

Can’t wait to paint my dire wolf orange black and light yellow to make my personal arcanine

[ENigma]

“This is my dog, not a dire wolf”
Thank you for that confirmation 👍

[georgezp]

Looks like most of this comment section saw hank's video on these pups. Good. Proud of you all.

[hahplaysrblx]

Did you know that these new 'Dire Wolves' aren't actually 'Dire Wolves' because Dire Wolves aren't actually wolves at all! This is because the species that Dire Wolves belong to split evolution paths with what we know as wolves over 5 million years ago.

[CrudeRBLX]

Quick Note She said "DEBATABLE"

[OrangeSlices.]

I just hope that we put as much energy into maintaining the worlds current living biodiversity instead of trying to fill niches already occupied by newly adapted animals

[FateAbridger_Ppg]

I love their names, romulus and remus, it's such a beautiful way to name something. Romulus and Remus are the 2 mythical founders of rome, raised by wolves, and now we have 2 "mythical", aka extinct puppers raised by humans

[HildebertoBlasco]

Just dont make dinosaurs, we all know how thats gonna end😅

[lizardmilk]

Everyone should watch Hank Green’s coverage on this subject.

They didn’t make dire wolves. They made a synthetic species - A grey wolf with some dire wolf traits. And dire wolves aren’t that closely related to grey wolves. They just maybe look similar.

It’s interesting science, but more marketing hype right now.

[natureissurreal]

These dire wolf headlines are a great opportunity to see if the sci comm creators you follow are more interested in hype or accuracy

[Sophia-e]

This will be Jurassic Park all over again.

[sohaishaan]

Now looking back, Jurassic Park doesn't seem like fiction anymore....

[benwalker]

They are not the same. Thank you for praising this.

[INSPIRATIONFILMS]

[Sighs] guess Jurassic World is going to be real, huh?😂😂💀💀

[DumbAsh]

The woolly mice are incredibly adorable

[sappy.z]

Colossal themselves basically said "umm scientifically and genetically they're not dire wolves but they kinda look like them! 😊"

[Baker-rw]

There's a bunch of movies that explain how this is a bad idea.
1. All the jurassic park movies
2. Alien resurrection

[maitreip]

We're getting closer and closer to jurassic park irl

[kaltro_]

Dodo Bird: "DON'T FORGET ME!"