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A bioscience company’s announcement this week that it’s brought back long-extinct dire wolves raised a lot of eyebrows. But they would destroy ...
Most professional biologists, myself included, do not think they have brought dire wolves back from extinction by any ...
Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an ...
They’re dire wolf pups, back from extinction after some 12,000 years. Dire wolves thrived during the Pleistocene Epoch, when ...
Colossal Biosciences revealed its small pack of genetically modified dire wolves. The company's "de-extinction" plans include the woolly mammoth.
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that ...
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.
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The Mahakumbh Mela 2025 concluded on Wednesday, marking the end of a 45-day event that drew over 660 million visitors, making it the world’s largest human gathering. Handling the sea of devotees ...
This giant could possibly grow over 24 feet, thrilling researchers with its unprecedented size. The Amazon rainforest, home to some of the world’s most fascinating creatures, just added another ...
It is the largest claw of its kind found fully preserved ... As well as two claws, the paleontologists also found fossilized parts of the prehistoric creature’s backbone, tail, hips, arms ...
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