• Home
  • Insight
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Shop
    • Gift Shop
    • Value Shop
    • Store
    • Bargain Shop
    • Discount
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • USA
  • Video
  • World
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • South America
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Oceania
Friday, April 25, 2025
No Result
View All Result
Subscribe Now
  • Home
  • Insight
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Shop
    • Gift Shop
    • Value Shop
    • Store
    • Bargain Shop
    • Discount
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • USA
    Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth 0 million in recent weeks : NPR

    Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks : NPR

    What to know about common heart defect as Emma Willis undergoes surgery

    What to know about common heart defect as Emma Willis undergoes surgery

    CBS, Paramount settle discrimination lawsuit amid ongoing legal chaos

    CBS, Paramount settle discrimination lawsuit amid ongoing legal chaos

    Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them

    Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them

    Chaos at CBS News: ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Resigns Under Pressure as Network Negotiates Settlement With Trump

    Chaos at CBS News: ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Resigns Under Pressure as Network Negotiates Settlement With Trump

    Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That?

    Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That?

    Pope Francis, first Catholic pontiff from South America, dies at age 88

    Pope Francis, first Catholic pontiff from South America, dies at age 88

    “Get the f**k out of my face”: GOP Rep. Mace shouts at constituent who asked her about town halls

    “Get the f**k out of my face”: GOP Rep. Mace shouts at constituent who asked her about town halls

    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’ – Chicago Tribune

    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’ – Chicago Tribune

  • Video
  • World
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • South America
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Oceania
The Insight Post
  • Home
  • Insight
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Shop
    • Gift Shop
    • Value Shop
    • Store
    • Bargain Shop
    • Discount
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • USA
    Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth 0 million in recent weeks : NPR

    Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones worth $200 million in recent weeks : NPR

    What to know about common heart defect as Emma Willis undergoes surgery

    What to know about common heart defect as Emma Willis undergoes surgery

    CBS, Paramount settle discrimination lawsuit amid ongoing legal chaos

    CBS, Paramount settle discrimination lawsuit amid ongoing legal chaos

    Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them

    Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them

    Chaos at CBS News: ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Resigns Under Pressure as Network Negotiates Settlement With Trump

    Chaos at CBS News: ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Resigns Under Pressure as Network Negotiates Settlement With Trump

    Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That?

    Congress’s Biggest Financial Priority Is “Stablecoin.” What the Hell Is That?

    Pope Francis, first Catholic pontiff from South America, dies at age 88

    Pope Francis, first Catholic pontiff from South America, dies at age 88

    “Get the f**k out of my face”: GOP Rep. Mace shouts at constituent who asked her about town halls

    “Get the f**k out of my face”: GOP Rep. Mace shouts at constituent who asked her about town halls

    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’ – Chicago Tribune

    Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’ – Chicago Tribune

  • Video
  • World
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • South America
    • North America
    • Europe
    • Oceania
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result
Home North America Canada

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair, muscular jaws

by Theinsightpost
April 8, 2025
in Canada
0 0
0
Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair, muscular jaws

Breadcrumb Trail Links

  1. World

Author of the article:

Associated Press

Christina Larson

Published Apr 08, 2025  •  2 minute read

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

040825-Modern-Dire-Wolf
This undated photo provided by Colossal Biosciences shows Romulus and Remus, both 3-months old and genetically engineered with similarities to the extinct dire wolf. (Colossal Biosciences via AP) AP

Article content

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species.

Advertisement 2

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Toronto Sun

THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.

  • Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.
  • Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.
  • Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.
  • Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.
  • Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.

SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES

Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.

  • Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.
  • Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.
  • Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.
  • Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.
  • Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.

REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES

Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.

  • Access articles from across Canada with one account.
  • Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.
  • Enjoy additional articles per month.
  • Get email updates from your favourite authors.

THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.

Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.

  • Access articles from across Canada with one account
  • Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments
  • Enjoy additional articles per month
  • Get email updates from your favourite authors

Article content

Article content

Article content

The wolf pups, which range in age from three to six months old, have long white hair, muscular jaws and already weigh in at around 80 pounds — on track to reach 140 pounds at maturity, researchers at Colossal Biosciences reported Monday.

Dire wolves, which went extinct more than 10,000 years old, are much larger than gray wolves, their closest living relatives today.

Independent scientists said this latest effort doesn’t mean dire wolves are coming back to North American grasslands any time soon.

“All you can do now is make something look superficially like something else”_ not fully revive extinct species, said Vincent Lynch, a biologist at the University at Buffalo who was not involved in the research.

Colossal scientists learned about specific traits that dire wolves possessed by examining ancient DNA from fossils. The researchers studied a 13,000 year-old dire wolf tooth unearthed in Ohio and a 72,000 year-old skull fragment found in Idaho, both part of natural history museum collections.

opening envelope

Your Midday Sun

Your noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond.

By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Thanks for signing up!

A welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder.

The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox.

We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again

Article content

Advertisement 3

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Article content

Then the scientists took blood cells from a living gray wolf and used CRISPR to genetically modify them in 20 different sites, said Colossal’s chief scientist Beth Shapiro. They transferred that genetic material to an egg cell from a domestic dog. When ready, embryos were transferred to surrogates, also domestic dogs, and 62 days later the genetically engineered pups were born.

Colossal has previously announced similar projects to genetically alter cells from living species to create animals resembling extinct woolly mammoths, dodos and others.

Though the pups may physically resemble young dire wolves, “what they will probably never learn is the finishing move of how to kill a giant elk or a big deer,” because they won’t have opportunities to watch and learn from wild dire wolf parents, said Colossal’s chief animal care expert Matt James.

Advertisement 4

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Article content

Colossal also reported today that it had cloned four red wolves using blood drawn from wild wolves of the southeastern U.S.’s critically endangered red wolf population. The aim is to bring more genetic diversity into the small population of captive red wolves, which scientists are using to breed and help save the species.

This technology may have broader application for conservation of other species because it’s less invasive than other techniques to clone animals, said Christopher Preston, a wildlife expert at the University of Montana who was not involved in the research. But it still requires a wild wolf to be sedated for a blood draw and that’s no simple feat, he added.

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm said the team met with officials from the U.S. Interior Department in late March about the project. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum praised the work on X on Monday as a “thrilling new era of scientific wonder” even as outside scientists said there are limitations to restoring the past.

“Whatever ecological function the dire wolf performed before it went extinct, it can’t perform those functions” on today’s existing landscapes, said Buffalo’s Lynch.

Article content

Share this article in your social network

ShareTweetSend
Previous Post

News24 | GNU fallout: ANC waits for ‘divorce papers’ from the DA amid ‘GNU reset’

Next Post

The Legal Implications of Using AI as a South African Business

Related News

Woodbine’s 70th thoroughbred racing season ready to go
Canada

Woodbine’s 70th thoroughbred racing season ready to go

April 25, 2025
Do I need a third dose of the measles vaccine? And other common questions answered
Canada

Do I need a third dose of the measles vaccine? And other common questions answered

April 25, 2025
Who will win Champions League race?
Canada

Who will win Champions League race?

April 24, 2025
Family of man who died after Montreal police intervention calls for public coroner’s inquiry
Canada

Family of man who died after Montreal police intervention calls for public coroner’s inquiry

April 24, 2025
Next Post
The Legal Implications of Using AI as a South African Business

The Legal Implications of Using AI as a South African Business

Discussion about this post

Subscribe To Our Newsletters

    Customer Support


    1251 Wilcrest Drive
    Houston, Texas
    77042 USA
    Call-832.795.1420
    e-mail – news@theinsightpost.com

    Subscribe To Our Newsletters

      Categories

      • Africa
      • Africa-East
      • African Sports
      • American Sports
      • Arts
      • Asia
      • Australia
      • Business
      • Business Asia
      • Business- Africa
      • Canada
      • Defense
      • Education
      • Egypt
      • Energy
      • Entertainment
      • Europe
      • European Soccer
      • Finance
      • Germany
      • Ghana
      • Health
      • Insight
      • International
      • Investing
      • Japan
      • Latest Headlines
      • Life & Living
      • Markets
      • Mobile
      • Movies
      • New Zealand
      • Nigeria
      • Politics
      • Scholarships
      • Science
      • South Africa
      • South America
      • Sports
      • Tech
      • Travel
      • Travel-Africa
      • UK
      • USA
      • Weather
      • World
      No Result
      View All Result

      Recent News

      Schumer, Schiff, Jewish Democrats blast President Donald Trump over Harvard funding freeze

      Schumer, Schiff, Jewish Democrats blast President Donald Trump over Harvard funding freeze

      April 25, 2025
      Matt Damon Roasts Andrew Schulz’s New Netflix Special

      Matt Damon Roasts Andrew Schulz’s New Netflix Special

      April 25, 2025
      As funding slows, African venture capital doubles down on sustainable solutions

      As funding slows, African venture capital doubles down on sustainable solutions

      April 25, 2025
      Woodbine’s 70th thoroughbred racing season ready to go

      Woodbine’s 70th thoroughbred racing season ready to go

      April 25, 2025
      • Home
      • Advertise With Us
      • About Us
      • Corporate
      • Consumer Rewards
      • Forum
      • Privacy Policy
      • Social Trends

      Theinsightpost ©2024 | All Rights Reserved. Theinsightpost is an Elnegy LLC company, registered in Texas, USA

      Welcome Back!

      Login to your account below

      Forgotten Password?

      Retrieve your password

      Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

      Log In
      nl Dutchen Englishfr Frenchit Italianpt Portuguesees Spanish
      en English

      Add New Playlist

      We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

      You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in .

      No Result
      View All Result
      • Home
      • Insight
      • Blog
      • Business
      • Entertainment
      • Health
      • Politics
      • Shop
        • Gift Shop
        • Value Shop
        • Store
        • Bargain Shop
        • Discount
      • Sports
      • Tech
      • Travel
      • USA
      • Video
      • World
        • Asia
        • Africa
        • South America
        • North America
        • Europe
        • Oceania

      Theinsightpost ©2024 | All Rights Reserved. Theinsightpost is an Elnegy LLC company, registered in Texas, USA

      The Insight Post
      Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
      Privacy Overview

      This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

      Cookie Policy

      More information about our Cookie Policy