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The dire wolf has returned from the dead. A Dallas company ‘de-extincted’ them (updated)
Colossal Biosciences, the de-extinction company, has announced that it has brought the dire wolf back from extinction.
Prior to Yellowstone, I worked in Denali National Park in Alaska where I studied wildlife species that live on the tundra: wolves, grizzlies, caribou, and Dall sheep,” said Rick Mcintyre, author and internationally recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on wild wolf behavior, and Colossal Conservation Advisory Board Member. “Many people view dire wolves as mythical creatures that only exist in a fantasy world, but in reality, they have a rich history of contributing to the American ecosystem,” said Game of Thrones creator, esteemed author, and Colossal Investor and Cultural Advisor George R.R. “When I learned of Colossal’s approach to engineering the light coat color into their dire wolves, I was simultaneously impressed and relieved,” said Elinor Karlsson, associate professor in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology at the UMass Chan Medical School and Director of Vertebrate Genomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in a statement.
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