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De-Extincted” Dire Wolf Pups Are Growing Up | Beth Shapiro

De-Extincted” Dire Wolf Pups Are Growing Up | Beth Shapiro

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In 2024, scientists claimed they achieved the unthinkable: the birth of dire wolf pups, reviving a species that vanished thousands of years ago. Now, those pups are growing—and changing. Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro reveals what it’s like to watch these predators mature into modern beasts.

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