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If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores

The Conversation 15 Apr 2025
Giant ground sloths, mammoths and elephants, giant bison and tapirs, even species of massive armadillos and camels all died out in the millennia after humans arrived in the Americas ... Daniel Eskridge / shutterstock ... The whole world was once like Africa.
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Dire wolves brought back from extinction. Could the huge, ancient wolf return to the wild?

Hattiesburg American 09 Apr 2025
Dire wolves extinct for 13,000 years recreated from ancient DNA ... What is a dire wolf? ... They evolved with them.". Megaherbivores were things such as horses, mammoths ground sloths and other large animals that dire wolves likely preyed and scavenged on.
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A company tried to bring back the dire wolf. Is it the start of 'Jurassic Park'?

Usatoday 09 Apr 2025
Dire wolf brought back after extinction raises ethical questions ...Fiction needs to be dramatic ... "It would be really cool to see a woolly mammoth, and it would be really cool to see a giant ground sloth, and that's worth something." ... Greely agreed.
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Did you know that the dire wolf, recently genetically recreated, once roamed Iowa?

Des Moines Register 08 Apr 2025
Dire wolves extinct for 13,000 years recreated from ancient DNA ... Its diet is still being researched, but it could have included extinct moose, extinct muskox and extinct ground sloths.When did dire wolves roam Iowa?.
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Colossal Biosciences resurrects extinct dire wolf species after 12,500 years – know about the species and Colossal

The Times of India 08 Apr 2025
The dire wolf which has been extinct from Earth for more than 12,000 years has returned, but this time it is neither fiction nor CGI special effects ... They preyed on large animals, such as bison and ground sloths ... Colossal Biosciences.
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Dire wolves went extinct 12,500 years ago — now they’re are back: Here’s how they’re reborn

The Times of India 07 Apr 2025
“SOUND ON ... Meet Romulus and Remus—the world’s first de-extinct animals, born on October 1, 2024.”— colossal (@colossal) The return of a legendDire wolves once roamed North America, preying on megafauna like bison and ground sloths ... The result ... .
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Temporary Pittsburgh Zoo exhibit takes guests to the Ice Age, brings extinct animals back to life

WPXI 02 Apr 2025
Ice Age. Frozen in Time runs from April 14 through Sept. 1 ... Some of the incredible animals highlighted in the exhibit include mammoths, mastodons, saber-tooth cats and ground sloths. “You will be amazed to see how massive these animals were ... ... ....
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Outdoors: Font’s Point a must-see destination

San Diego Union-Tribune 30 Mar 2025
It’s easy to do when gazing across a barren landscape and a horizon-to-horizon view of the sky ... The petrified bones of extinct horses, ground sloths, cheetahs and bears have been uncovered from the dusty layers of time exposed here ... .
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