Has the dire wolf come back to life? Here is what we know | Science and Technology News

The dire wolf, a species that went extinct some 12,500 years ago but was made famous by the Game of Thrones series, has been brought back to life, according to Texas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences.

The company has described the dire wolf as the “world’s first successfully de-extinct animal”.

On Monday, the company announced that its research had led to the birth of three pups — Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi.

But the recently born wolves have DNA which is very close to that of…