Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the ...
Our team took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal ...
Most modern dog breeds have small amounts of wolf ancestry from long after dogs were domesticated, according to a new study. The wolf DNA isn't left over from when dogs and wolves diverged; instead, ...
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has uncovered that two-thirds of dog breeds have detectable wolf DNA, from chihuahuas to Arctic sled dogs. Studies on wolves ...
A biotech company says it has bred three animals with key physical features of the dire wolf — a species that has been extinct for more than 12,000 years. Colossal Biosciences says it used novel ...
This breed was developed in Finland in the 1980s by mixing Arctic breeds; so, naturally, the Tamaskan Dog looks a lot like a wolf. In particular, the breed was created using the Alaskan Malamute, ...
Game of Thrones fans have raved about the dire wolf since the show’s first episode, admiring the white canines for their nearly unnatural strength and ferocity. The bad news for those wanting to meet ...
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Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, which has produced a trio of modern-day dire wolves and the woolly mouse, seeks to bring back extinct species.
The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...
A conservation group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, arguing its decision not to release a national gray wolf recovery plan violates the Endangered Species Act.