Did Colossal Biosciences actually bring dire wolves back from extinction? Scientists say it depends

The genetics laboratory claims its dire wolf pups Romulus and Remus have resurrected the long-lost species—but the semantics are debatable.

According to the Center for Biological Diversity, climate change is projected to cause the extinction of more than a third of the species of plants and animals in the world in 25 years. But scientists at genetics laboratory Colossal Biosciences are claiming they may have a solution—one they say has resulted in the birth of the first dire wolves in more than 10,000 years.