Who let the wolves in?

Things in the news have been feeling kind of…bleak, so we called in some reinforcements. Vox's senior editorial director and resident good news expert Bryan Walsh joins editor Joanna Solotaroff to remind us that there’s still a lot of good stuff happening, too. Guest: Vox senior ...  Show more

Parents are supposed to provide the best life possible for their kids, right? But what does that mean when genetic testing for the baby enters the picture? And how far should they go? Vox senior reporter Sigal Samuel received that ethically ambiguous question for her advice colum ...  Show more

This year there was huge news when scientists at the company called Collosal brought back the dire wolf! Some say these cute, white pups are not really dire wolves, but that didn't stop a huge media buzz. One of the wolves even made the cover of TIME Magazine … with the line "He' ...  Show more

Non, ce n’est pas un scénario de science-fiction. Et pourtant, en 2025, une start-up américaine de génie génétique, Colossal Biosciences, affirme avoir réussi l’impensable : ressusciter une créature disparue depuis des millénaires, le loup terrible ou Canis dirus. Ce prédateur em ...  Show more

A new series from What the Duck?! is coming soon.

Dr Ann Jones is exploring the connection between humans and dogs and asking how our destinies became intertwined.

How did we get pugs from wolves?

How did the howling creatures of our nightmares become floppy ...

Colossal says it's brought the dire wolf back from extinction — but the accuracy of that claim and the ethics of de-extinction are in question. This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir ...  Show more