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- The Dire Wolf Is Back https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/the-dire-wolf-is-back 192 comments
- No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/ 702 comments futurology
- No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/ 2 comments environment
- The Return of the Dire Wolf https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/ 22 comments technology
- The Return of the Dire Wolf https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/ 21 comments worldnews
- The Science Behind the Return of the Dire Wolf https://time.com/7275439/science-behind-dire-wolf-return/ 21 comments science
- Game of Zones S6: E1 Dire Wolf https://streamable.com/vlx8p 13 comments nba
- Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/12/why-resurrect-the-dire-wolf-when-existing-animals-are-facing-extinction 55 comments nature
- A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing - The dire state of nutrition research http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/37918/title/opinion--a-wolf-in-sheep-s-clothing/ 22 comments science
- Claim that dire wolfs have been prevented from going extinct is now questioned by experts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9ejy3gdvo 7 comments nature
- Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/scientists-confirm-first-canadian-fossil-of-ice-age-predator-the-dire-wolf-1.6343989 25 comments science
- Team Trump Offers Dire Wolf Excuse to Abandon Endangered Species https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-administration-cites-dire-wolf-revival-as-reason-to-forgo-endangered-species-list/ 14 comments politics
- De-extinction company announces that the dire wolf is back | What they delivered is a gray wolf genome carrying a handful of genetic edits. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/de-extinction-company-announces-that-the-dire-wolf-is-back/ 78 comments technology
- Jayson Werth and Bryce Harper dressing up as Jon Snow and a dire wolf https://www.instagram.com/p/bzchceibsak/?taken-by=bharper3407 52 comments baseball
- Colossal Biosciences claims to have created "dire wolves" by editing gray wolf DNA. Critics say these are just modified dogs, not true dire wolves. The work raises questions about conservation and practicality. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-dire-wolf-isnt-back-but-heres-what-de-extinction-tech-can-actually-do/ 4 comments science
- Researchers analyze genomes for dire wolves (Canis dirus), find that rather than sharing close genetic ties with the gray wolf (Canis lupus), as was expected from their resemblance, the dire wolves were evolutionarily distant cousins, long isolated in the Americas. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2021/01/dire-wolf-dna-study-reveals-surprises/ 4 comments science