Pups with traits of the extinct dire wolf are here. But why?

Researchers from a private biosciences company called Colossal say they’ve extracted DNA from a 13,000-year-old fossil to bring the dire wolf back to life. But are these yowling pups the real deal or something else entirely?

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Beth Shapiro, chief science officer at Colossal.

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