Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Verses.

Earlier this year, there was this huge news that scientists had brought back the dire wolf.

Meet Remus and Romulus, the first two dire wolves since the Pleistocene era.

This is a promotional video from the company that made these wolves colossal.

And in the video, you can see these gorgeous little white pups.

At just 15 days old, the pups take their first wobbly steps before a much-needed nap time.

The pups, who are now more than six months old, were made by taking the DNA of a grey wolf

and then tweaking 14 genes in it to make them bigger, give them lighter coats,

have larger teeth and jaws than a grey wolf would have.

And when folks found out about these animals,

there was this huge media buzz,

with headlines plastered all over the place.

One of the wolves even made the cover of Time magazine

with the line, quote,

he's a dieo wolf, the first to exist in 10,000 years.

Endangered species could be changed forever.

But is that right?

Did scientists really bring back the dire wolf?

What exactly is going on here?

And is this a good idea?

Or could it have dire consequences?

That's what our friends over it today explained wanted to know.

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