It was only a few weeks ago that the company Colossal Biosciences revealed that it had inserted some Woolly Mammoth genes into mice to create mice with Woolly coats.
🐁 First ‘woolly mouse’ paves way for return of the mammoth
Rodents genetically engineered to have shaggy fur and the ability to withstand the cold pic.twitter.com/byR59ywKzr
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 4, 2025
But it turns out Colossal had a much bigger project underway which it has kept under wraps until this week. The company has brought the dire wolf back from extinction after more than 10,000 years. The company made the announcement yesterday on X, explaining that two dire wolf pups had been born last October. De-extinction is now a reality.
We’re Colossal Biosciences, the de-extinction company responsible for bringing back the first animals from extinction. Our dire wolf…
