Scientists Claim to Resurrect Dire Wolves Through Genetic Engineering

In a headline that sounds like it was ripped from a Hollywood script, scientists from a Texas-based biotech firm now claim they’ve brought dire wolves extinct for over 13,000 years back to life. Or at least, something that closely resembles them.

Colossal Biosciences, a company known for pushing the limits of genetic engineering, announced this week that it has successfully birthed three wolf pups, genetically modified to exhibit physical and behavioral traits of the long-extinct dire wolf. The pups were named Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi nods to the fantasy culture that inspired the project in the first place.

According to Colossal CEO Ben Lamm, the team used DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull to perform somatic cell nuclear transfer, a controversial cloning technique. These modified embryos were then implanted into surrogate gray wolves. Two pups were born in October 2024, and the third arrived in January 2025.

Let’s be clear: these aren’t true dire wolves. Even some scientists and genetic experts admit that what’s been created here are essentially gray wolves with cosmetic and structural tweaks, not faithful recreations of the extinct species. The original dire wolves were larger, stockier, and sported far more powerful jaws than their modern cousins and it’s uncertain how closely these designer dogs match up beyond appearances.

Still, the announcement has stirred up a wave of online fascination and a fair share of unease:

• Dire wolves once roamed Ice Age North America, alongside saber-tooth cats and mastodons.

• Gray wolves, their closest modern relatives, are about 25% smaller.

• Colossal has plans to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth by 2028, and just last month, they unveiled a “woolly mouse” engineered with mammoth DNA to grow thicker fur.

Critics of the project are already raising the alarm, comparing this breakthrough to something out of Jurassic Park. The official “Jurassic World” movie account even weighed in on X, quipping, “We see no possible way this could go wrong.” Others took a more serious tone, questioning whether resurrecting prehistoric predators is truly about conservation or just reckless scientific vanity.

“This isn’t life finding a way, this is human interference,” one commenter wrote. Another posed the question many are now asking: “Just because you can do something does that mean you should?”

Once again, we’re witnessing the dangers of elite scientific circles playing god, with little regard for long-term consequences. It’s the same mentality that fuels reckless environmental policies and unchecked biotech overreach. In a world where political leaders are trying to ban gas stoves while scientists reintroduce apex predators into ecosystems that no longer exist, it’s not hard to see where this road leads.

The left loves to talk about climate "emergencies" and saving the planet yet here we have labs using millions to rebuild the past instead of addressing real, present-day issues. One has to wonder: are we engineering progress, or playing with fire?

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