While the dire wolf is one of the most notable, and popular, giant canines, it's not the largest. ... such as the saber-toothed tiger (Smilodon), outpaced the bone-crushing dog when hunting.

Again, they found that two species appear to dominate. The presumably social dire wolf (51%) and Smilodon fatalis (33%) made up 84% of the carnivores in the tar seeps. "The striking similarities ...

The dire wolf, lost to history over 10,000 years ago, has returned! A US- based de-extinction company called ‘Colossal Biosciences’ responsible for bringing back the first animals from ...

For over 200,000 years, dire wolves roamed across North America—from southern Alberta, Canada to Florida, and even down into Chile. The ancient animals were megafauna hunters, ultimately ...

Ice Age saber-tooth cats and dire wolves experienced a high incidence of bone disease in their joints, according to a study published July 12, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hugo ...

Subchondral defects resembling osteochondrosis dissecans in joint surfaces of the extinct saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis and dire wolf Aenocyon dirus. PLOS ONE , 2023; 18 (7): e0287656 DOI: 10 ...

On Monday, the “de-extinction” startup Colossal Biosciences announced its most ambitious results to date: the dire wolf. These are creatures that have been extinct for more than 12,000 years ...

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a wild wolf pack’s territory can be as large as 32,000 acres, extending up to 640,000 acres where prey is scarce. They can travel as far as 30 ...

They suggest that the individual dire wolf the sample was from was an older individual since the teeth found within the jaw are heavily worn. Comparison between the three wolf jaws. Image Credit ...