It is a development that has effectively blurred the line between science fiction and reality. Researchers have achieved what was once thought impossible: bringing an extinct animal back to life. The dire wolf is now back, after 13,000 years of extinction.

Three pups — Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi — have become the first living examples of de-extinct animals. They are not mythic creatures drawn from fantasy lore like Game of Thrones, but lab-grown realities rooted in one of the planet’s most formidable prehistoric predators. The dire wolf, Aenocyon dirus, vanished from Earth around 10,000 years ago at the end........

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