Colossal Biosciences made a record-breaking 20 edits across 14 genes in gray wolf cells by adding extinct dire wolf DNA. This was the first time ancient DNA has been used to bioengineer an extinct ...

Across the planet, islands are homes to species of animals that cannot be found anywhere else. Isolated from the mainland, these species become genetically different from close relatives simply ...

Health officials say all three confirmed patients are members of the same family, and none of them were vaccinated.

Winter is coming ... and so are the dire wolves. The large canines — best known for being featured in the HBO series "Game of Thrones" — went extinct nearly 13,000 years ago. But they're now making a ...

The births are a boon to efforts to revive the species, which was once nearly hunted to extinction.

There are places in eastern North Carolina where hearing a red wolf remains an unusual event. The species has spent decades ...

Chapel Hill, NC—Following a successful legal battle, conservation groups hope the recent release of nine highly endangered red wolves into the wild is the first of many steps by the US Fish and ...

Chapel Hill, NC—Conservation groups and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a historic settlement today to recommit to the conservation and recovery of the world’s only wild red wolf ...

Wolves were removed from the endangered species list once again on May 5, thus returning the onus of management to Montana, Idaho and potentially Wyoming. Unlike the previous delisting, which ...

The Mexican wolf, seen here at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka, Mo., Oct. 15, 2025, is the most critically endangered wolf subspecies on Earth. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Less than an ...