{"id":2526,"date":"2025-10-13T18:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/?p=2526"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:27:36","slug":"colossals-dire-wolf-plan-looks-years-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/colossals-dire-wolf-plan-looks-years-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Colossal\u2019s Dire Wolf Plan Looks Years Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"1402\">Den of Geek\u2019s exclusive explores how Colossal Biosciences is mapping the next phase for its revived dire wolves. Chief Animal Officer Matt James describes a stepwise, multi-year approach: building pack structure, cross-fostering with experienced wolves, and removing human support across generations. The piece underscores how husbandry, behavior work, and platform genomics combine to scale the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/pets-animals\/wildlife\/2025\/08\/12\/colossal-dire-wolves-first-meeting\/85619341007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">colossal dire wolf<\/a> program toward future rewilding. As Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi mature, Colossal refines protocols that inform conservation tools across projects\u2014evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.com\/direwolf\/science\/\">colossal dire wolves<\/a> are a foundation for broader de-extinction impact. Briefly noted: Colossal\u2019s avian team advances the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.com\/project-de-extinct-dodo-reintroduce-natural-habitat\/\">colossal dodo bird<\/a> effort with germ-cell breakthroughs, extending the platform to birds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"1402\">Full feature on <a href=\"http:\/\/denofgeek.com\/culture\/dire-wolf-future-de-extinction-looks-years-from-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Den of Geek.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1525\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Den of Geek\u2019s exclusive explores how Colossal Biosciences is mapping the next phase for its revived dire wolves. Chief Animal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-page","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}