An animal like the thylacine that died out almost a hundred years ago simply couldn't be brought back this way. But it could be an option for recently extinct species. In 2003, researchers ...

Dire wolves went extinct roughly 13,000 years ago ... More: Company creates 'woolly mouse' in quest to bring back mammoths. Turns out, it's really cute. Dire wolf skulls were significantly ...

Most experts USA TODAY spoke with agreed that attempts to de-extinct animals, like the dire wolf, result in animals that are not the same as their ancestors and are actually hybrid animals.

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences said Monday that it used gene editing to create “de-extinct animals” in the form of three pups with the light-colored fur and musculature of a dire wolf.

Some animals on the endangered species list include cheetahs, lemurs, marine otters, black rhinoceroses, blue whales, polar bears and several others. In his post, Burgum added that ...