A bit more on Colossal, the company who claimed to have "brought back the dire wolf". they are claiming the patents on the animals they de-extinct, so even if they actually do bring back the mammoth, they will all belong to Colossal.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1115154/jurassic-patent-how-colossal-biosciences-is-attempting-to-own-the-woolly-mammoth/

#de-extinction #DireWolf

They have not resuscitated the dire wolf.

// Article in French //
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Ils n’ont pas ressuscité le loup sinistre.

https://www.sciencepresse.qc.ca/actualite/detecteur-rumeurs/2025/04/10/verification-eclair-loup-prehistorique-ramene-vie-faux

https://www.europesays.com/uk/15911/ What does the dire wolf ‘de-extinction’ mean for bringing back Tasmanian tigers? #cloning #DeExtincting #DireWolf #DireWolves #DNA #ExtinctSpecies #Genes #Genetics #GenomicSequencing #Science #TasmanianTiger #Thylacine #UK #UnitedKingdom #What'sATasmanianTiger? #wildlife

Hey Everyone:

They didn't resurrect the dire wolf. They altered a grey wolf to look like what they thought a dire wolf looked like.

Stop spreading this bullshit story, please. Thanks.

#deExtinction: "The American company #Colossal changed only 14 genes to produce its cute "#direwolf" puppies. Curiously, all 14 are genes with effects on the appearance of animals, being linked to the colour, thickness and length of the fur and the size of the animals.

Is #resurrecting a species now just #cosplaying an extinct animal with a current species? To top it off, George R.R. Martin himself - yes, the author of #GameofThrones - signs the scientific article as well. And he is an investor in the company. He compared the feat to a form of "magic". Only if it's to magically fatten his bank account even more."

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/reinaldojoselopes/2025/04/notas-sobre-a-pantomima-do-lobo-gigante.shtml

• „Erleichterter Abschuss: Schutzstatus soll herabgestuft werden – Bundesrat befasst sich mit Jagd auf Wölfe“
• „Vor 13.000 Jahren ausgestorben: US-Genetiker bringen Schattenwolf zurück“
#biodiversity #artenschutz #direwolf #schwarwel

#DeExtinction: #Fake it until you make it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/10/de-extincted-dire-wolf-hype-breakthrough-grey-wolves #DireWolf #extinction #genome #GM #evolution #science

The dire wolf has been brought back from extinction... or is it really? https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1086&view=getnewpost #direwolf #cloning #dna #genetics #animals #mammals #science

Live lancé

Allo Terra : Loup sinistre ressuscité ? Souris laineuses ? Mammouth ? Science-spectacle et greenwashing génétique

https://www.twitch.tv/oamgui
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#alloterra #twitch #live #science #nature #ecologie #biodiversite #vulgarisation #news #actualité #reaction #direwolf #loup #loupsinistre #mammouth #souris #colossalbiosciences #animal @pogscience.bsky.social

Useless trivia I recently stumbled upon:

Gil Gerard, who played Buck Rogers circa 1980, was in a 2009 film named Dire Wolf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Gerard

Game of #clones: Colossal’s new #wolves are cute, but are they dire?
#ColossaBiosciences claims it has revived an #extinct species, but scientists outside the company are skeptical.
It’s making a bold new claim—that it has actually “de-extincted” an animal called the #direwolf. Inside a preserve roam three striking snow-white wolves—which a startup called Colossal Biosciences says are members of a species that went extinct 13,000 years ago, now reborn via #biotechnology.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/08/1114371/game-of-clones-colossals-new-wolves-are-cute-but-are-they-dire/

#direwolf #books #extinct #got #science

We will be extinct before you finish the books, George.

From "artificial intelligence" to "de-extinction", stop automatically believing what corporate marketers try to sell you.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2475407-no-the-dire-wolf-has-not-been-brought-back-from-extinction/

The Graun article on dire wolves was correct in saying they have the dire wolf phenotype (not genotype, although they could have explained to the layman what this meant). It's basically genetic lipstick rather than anything approaching de-extinction. What a colossal waste of resources.

I've got to go with my resident wolf friend on this one.

https://pawb.fun/@ErgonWolf/114305821925091473

They changed 20 lines of code out of a million? Sounds like vibe coding, to me.

Hmm, didn't think the project went extinct and need reviving. Last checkin was 7 months ago, not bad for a ham radio project.

https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf

#direwolf #hamradio

Colossal Biosciences claims to have revived the dire wolf, but experts argue the result is more marketing than resurrection—a genetically modified gray wolf dressed in Ice Age myth and hype. Sadly, we’ll still need asteroids.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/04/a-game-of-clones-the-resurrection-of-the-dire-wolf.html