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A Texas-based genetics company says the long-extinct dire wolf is back. Some critics say that's not quite true.
From Austin American-Statesman
Colossal Biosciences, known for de-extinction efforts, has revived the dire wolf using DNA from ancient remains and modern gray wolves.
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke professor of conservation ecology at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, called the news of the resurrected dire wolf a "colossal fabrication" and referred t...
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