Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species; Daily Nous, June 2, 2025

Justin Weinberg

, Daily Nous; Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

"“The Return of the Dire Wolf” announced Time magazine—not quite correctly, it turns out—in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into existence by the firm Colossal Biosciences.

Still, the biotechnology that led to the creation of those wolves is impressive. It opens a lot of possibilities, and of course raises a lot of questions, both about our understanding of what this technology actually does and our sense of how it should (and shouldn’t) be used. Those questions are taken up by several philosophers in this edition of Philosophers On."

Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close; The New York Times, April 7, 2025

Carl Zimmer , The New York Times; Scientists Revive the Dire Wolf, or Something Close

"For more than a decade, scientists have chased the idea of reviving extinct species, a process sometimes called de-extinction. Now, a company called Colossal Biosciences appears to have done it, or something close, with the dire wolf, a giant, extinct species made famous by the television series “Game of Thrones.”"