Product Review Game Of Thrones Dire Wolves Were Real We Now Know Why They Went Extinct

Dire Wolves Have Just Been Brought Back From Extinction — and No This Isn’t Some ‘Game of Thrones’ Fantasy

In a stunning scientific development, the prehistoric canines made famous in the hit HBO show have been announced as the world’s first de-extinct animal. By Degen Pener Deputy Editor Immortalized in ... Read More

Real dire wolves, made famous by 'Game of Thrones,' thriving on first birthday

Happy Birthday to the dire wolves. Romulus and Remus, two male dire wolves born through Colossal Biosciences’ genetic engineering advances, have reached their first birthday. The Dallas-headquartered ... Read More

First living Dire Wolves - fictionalized in Game of Thrones - celebrate first birthday

The world's first living dire wolves in more than 12,000 years have turned one, marking a milestone for Colossal Biosciences and its de-extinction research. Romulus and Remus, two male dire wolves ... Read More

Have dire wolves been brought back from extinction? Not quite

Call them dire wolves. Don’t call them dire wolves. Colossal Biosciences, the biotechnology company from Dallas, Texas, that wants to de-extinct the woolly mammoth and dodo, doesn’t care what you call ... Read More

Dire wolf meet-up: Watch Colossal's female wolf frolic with older brothers

Those cute dire wolves are forming a pack. If you remember, Colossal Biosciences, the company seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, revealed in April 2025 it had successfully birthed a trio of ... Read More

The truth about de-extinction: is it even possible, and why do it?

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ... Read More

Opinion: Baby “dire wolves” are making headlines across the scientific community, but is de-extinction really the miracle science it’s made out to be?

In October 2024, three dire wolf pups were born in a successful de-extinction project helmed by Colossal Biosciences, located in Dallas, Texas. The pups include two boys, Romulus and Remus, and a girl ... Read More

Real dire wolves, made famous by 'Game of Thrones,' thriving on first birthday

Two male dire wolves, Romulus and Remus, have celebrated their first birthday. The wolves were born through genetic engineering by biotech company Colossal Biosciences. At one year old, the male dire ... Read More

Dire Wolves Have Just Been Brought Back From Extinction - and No This Isn't Some ‘Game of Thrones' Fantasy

Immortalized in Game of Thrones and on the crest of House Stark, the dire wolf is walking the earth again and even howling after going extinct nearly 10,000 years ago. As announced today by genetic ... Read More