Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only a few hundred red wolves still exist, most in captivity. JeffGoulden/E+ via Getty Images Have you been hearing about the dire ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- A panel of top scientists concluded Thursday that the endangered red wolf of the southeastern U.S. is a species unto itself, giving the beleaguered canine a scientific and political ...

For the first time in thousands of years, dire wolves are alive – or at least a close approximation to them – as scientists claim to have achieved the world's first successful animal de-extinction.

On April 7, Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company founded in Dallas in 2021 with the goal of “de-extincting” animals, announced it had brought back the dire wolf, a creature last seen in these parts ...

Cells and tissue from hundreds of endangered Asian elephants will be stored in Colossal Biosciences' new biobank. Cells and tissue from hundreds of endangered Asian elephants will be stored in ...

A federal judge in Missoula on Tuesday vacated the federal government’s determination that gray wolves in the Western United States do not need increased federal protections under the Endangered ...

Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin holding a puppy named after ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Erwin, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) Have you been hearing ...