Colossal Biosciences claims to have brought back the dire wolf, and is now hard at work on its quest to resurrect several other species, including the woolly mammoth and the moa, a giant extinct bird.

New York Post newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. When Colossal Biosciences announced the birth of dire wolves in 2025, the reaction was immediate and ...

When de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences revealed last year that it was attempting to "resurrect" the dire wolf from genetic material found in fossils, we argued that, despite the controversy ...

Regarded by some in the scientific community as heresy, genetics firm Colossal Biosciences is in talks to raise funds that would value the de-extinction startup at least $20B and potentially as much ...

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to store samples from at-risk animals and plants. By Carl Zimmer and Catrin ...

The US government is partnering with Texas-based de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences to build a national repository of genetic material from endangered and threatened species. The effort comes ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The celebrity-backed mega-startup Colossal Biosciences took a big step toward one of its ...

In an early step towards artificial wombs, a biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken egg. The baby chicks were shifting and starting to pip—or trying to hatch. But not from ...

Colossal founder Ben Lamm and the broader Colossal team have announced a major breakthrough for the development of artificial eggs designed to help restore extinct bird species through a completely re ...

Jake Paul is a man with options. Unlike all those UFC fighters locked down by impenetrable contracts, “The Problem Child” is a free man. Alongside former UFC executive Nakisa Bidarian, Paul is the ...

Colossal uses a phased validation process before edited cells advance to embryos, including computational modeling, organoid testing, and cellular confirmation, such as whole genome sequencing and ...

A NOAA researcher swims in front of the massive coral in the Mariana Trench Marine National Monument. Credit: NOAA Fisheries. In a time when coral bleaching, disease, and habitat loss are increasingly ...