Overview

• In mid-August, Colossal shared footage of staged introductions in which Khaleesi, the six-month-old female, met and played with older brothers Romulus and Remus, with handlers noting ears-up posture and controlled interactions.
• The three canids live on a 2,000-plus-acre enclosed reserve equipped with zoo-grade fencing, live cameras, drone tracking and on-site veterinary facilities.
• Colossal plans to engineer two to four more dire wolves over the next year using multiple cell lines to enhance genetic diversity rather than rely on natural breeding.
• The company is collaborating with Grizzly Systems and Yellowstone’s Wolf Project to deploy audiovisual devices and AI software for passive, individual-level monitoring of pack behavior.
• Scientists and ethicists continue to dispute whether these animals are true de-extinction or genetically modified gray wolves and question their long-term conservation and ethical implications.