Dire wolves were big. "But they're not as big as ... There's all kinds of amazing, fun things you can learn from bones." For most extinct Pleistocene megafauna — animals weighing more than ...

Dire wolves were made popular by the “Game of Thrones” series ... Hunting contributed to their extinction, but less ice also impacted the types of foliage that flourished. Without plants rich in ...

has not yet been recognized by the American Kennel Club (AKC), but aims to recreate the look and size of the dire wolf, a breed of giant canine that went extinct around 9,000 years ago.

Dire wolves (Canis dirus ... While the auks outlasted other ice age species, humans ultimately caused their extinction. Europeans slaughtered them in great numbers, first for their meat and ...