A Texas biotechnology company has announced the world’s first animal “de-extinction.”
Colossal Biosciences announced in a press release on Monday the “rebirth of the once extinct dire wolf,” which is claims is the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.”
The press release explains:
The dire wolf, largely assumed to be a legendary creature made famous from the HBO hit series Game of Thrones, was an American canid that had previously been extinct for over 12,500 years.
The successful birth of three dire wolves is a revolutionary milestone of scientific progress that illustrates another leap forward in Colossal’s de-extinction technologies and is a critical step on the pathway to the de-extinction of other target species.
Additionally, Colossal has birthed two litters of cloned red wolves, the most critically endangered wolf in the world, using a new approach to non-invasive blood cloning.
The birth of red wolves provides further evidence of the link between de-extinction efforts and the company’s growing capacity to support conservation efforts globally through de-extinction technology innovation.
The company has been working since 2021 on the resurrection of the mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger, although its efforts to bring back dire wolves had remained under wraps until now.
“This massive milestone is the first of many coming examples demonstrating that our end-to-end de-extinction technology stack works,” said Ben Lamm, Colossal’s cofounder and CEO.
We’re Colossal Biosciences, the de-extinction company responsible for bringing back the first animals from extinction. Our dire wolf pups, Romulus and Remus, were born on October 1, 2024. Watch these pups grow up on our YouTube channel. Link in bio.
These two wolves were… pic.twitter.com/hbk1wFQ3lf
— Colossal Biosciences® (@colossal) April 7, 2025
“Our team took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies.”
The three dire wolves are housed on a 2,000-acre site at a secret location, secured by 10-foot-tall “zoo-grade” fencing and monitored around the clock by security staff, drones, and live cameras.
According to Colossal, the facility is certified by the American Humane Society and registered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Yet some scientists have voiced concerns over the project, questioning the environmental impact of reintroducing an extinct species into the ecosystem and raising ethical objections to tampering with nature’s course.
Nevertheless, the news went viral across social media and was even shared by Elon Musk, who shared the story after it made the front cover of TIME magazine.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2025
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