Dossier
gray wolves
Coverage of gray wolves in the Nexus archive.
- Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?
Dallas-based biotech startup Colossal, backed by venture capitalists, the CIA, and Peter Thiel, is pursuing de-extinction projects for animals like the woolly mammoth and dire wolf. However, the company uses genetic modifications in existing species rather than ancient DNA, as seen in their 2025 'dire wolves' created by splicing gray wolves with specific traits.