‘Life finds a way’ as science resurrects the dire wolf — and our world is richer for it

The dire wolf is a bit of a Late Pleistocene celebrity thanks to its role in the “ Game of Thrones ” series as a symbol of the Stark family.

John Sutter : It's a stunning act of so-called de-extinction, but we should have time for the impulse to bring it back.

He says it's not an assured success; wooly mammoths, dodo, Tasmanian tiger and wooly mammoth could also be revived.