Dire Wolves Have Been Brought Back from 10,000 Year Extinction

By Brian Wang

The dire wolf is no longer extinct. Meet the world’s first de-extinct animals. The science of de-extinction is to analyze the frozen DNA of extinct animals and then genetically engineer a similar animal to have the desired traits of the extinct version.

They took Grey wolves and changed DNA so the child wolves would have the traits of Dire Wolves.

Colossal Biosciences has brought back the legendary dire wolf after more than 10,000 years.

In this video, follow Romulus and Remus, born on October 1, 2024—the first animals in history to be brought back from extinction. Watch them take their first steps, hear their first howls, and see a ton of highlights from their first five months of life in a brand-new world.

You’ll also meet Khaleesi—a little younger, but the very first female dire wolf brought back from extinction.

The big prize for de-extinction will be the Woolly Mammoth. The woolly mammoth will be able to walk around the Tundra of Canada and Russia and pack the dirt and ice to slow any loss of the polar ice caps.

They could actually reverse the loss of the ice cap to get a controlled ice age.

Mammoths could lower the ground temperature by eight degrees. There is twice as much CO2 in the Tundra as there is in the atmosphere at this time. Keeping CO2 locked in the permafrost is huge for climate change. It could be possible to store more CO2.