Scientists at a Dallas startup claim to have revived the extinct dire wolf—”Game of Thrones” fans’ favorite Ice Age canine—by editing ancient dire wolf genes into modern gray wolves. They’re bigger and thicker-furred than their gray-wolf cousins, making it the first successful “de-extinction” if you believe the hype.
Skeptics question whether these pups are true dire wolves or just high-tech hybrids, while researchers say they’re reawakening a legendary species. Any way you slice it, seeing a creature that vanished over 10,000 years ago is wild.
