Dire wolves prowled the Earth around 300,000 years ago, but thanks to fossil records—and Game of Thrones—their legend lives on. | National Geographic

Where has the time gone? Extinct dire wolves created using fossil DNA by Colossal Biosciences are now old enough for their first playdate. | USA TODAY

🧬 GENETIC MIRACLE: DIRE WOLVES BORN FROM 72,000-YEAR-OLD DNA! 🐺✨ A groundbreaking achievement in genetics! Two ancient dire wolf fossils, one 13,000 years old and another 72,000 years old, were key to unlocking the past. Scientists extracted viable DNA, sequenced the genomes, and discovered the unique genes that set dire wolves apart from modern wolves. With this genetic blueprint, experts edited 14 genes in gray wolf DNA to replicate size, coat, vocalization, and other traits. These edited ge