SVP 2023
Raptormaniacs,
Despite those of us on international flights being made to go through security twice, SVP attendees received a warm welcome in…
Despite those of us on international flights being made to go through security twice, SVP attendees received a warm welcome in…
The able predators developed painful joint ailments at a high rate, according to a new study by a veterinary surgeon who…
Lesmesodon, a weasel-sized hyenadont.A new species from Early Eocene France was described this yearAnd so another year…
The question you never thought to ask.
Conservation comes down to values. Do we only focus on the charismatic animals and the things we can see, or do we conserve the…
Most people know of the dire wolf, the megafauna canine that hunted bison, competed against saber tooth cats for resources…
Extinct dire wolves split off from other wolves nearly six million years ago and were only a distant relative of today’s wolves…
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DNA evidence shows that the now famous -- and extinct -- dire wolf species couldn't mate with gray wolves.
Les loups sinistres (Canis dirus) ont dominé la vie écologique de l'Amérique du Pléistocène. Les scientifiques en savent encore…
The iconic, prehistoric dire wolf, which prowled through Los Angeles and elsewhere in the Americas over 11 millennia ago, was a…
The iconic, prehistoric dire wolf, which prowled through Los Angeles and elsewhere in the Americas over 11 millennia ago, was a…
Dire wolves (Canis dirus) are considered to be one of the most common and widespread large carnivores in Pleistocene America…
Ancient DNA extracted from fossils shows the beast split off from Canis lupus and coyotes nearly 6 million years ago
A Canis…
El aragosaurero Pere Bover, investigador ARAID en el IUCA de la Universidad de Zaragoza, ha colaborado en un artículo sobre la…
New research suggests that the real-life inspiration for Ghost from 'Game of Thrones' wasn’t a wolf species.
Before Dire wolves became extinct about 13,000 years ago, it’s believed they genetically split off from other canids – making…
Before Dire wolves became extinct about 13,000 years ago, it’s believed they genetically split off from other canids – making…
Dire wolves weren't the distant cousins of modern wolves as we've been led to believe all these years.
Генетический анализ показал, что предки этих хищников разошлись с предками волков 5,7 миллиона лет назад.
University of Adelaide scientists have sequenced the ancient DNA of dire wolf fossils for the first time and uncovered new…
University of Adelaide scientists have sequenced the ancient DNA of dire wolf fossils for the first time and uncovered new…
Kieren Mitchell; Alice Mouton, Université de Liège; Angela Perri, Durham University, and Laurent Frantz, Ludwig Maximilian…
The true lone wolf.
Enlarge (credit: Wikimedia commons) Dire wolves had a burst of newfound fame with their appearance in Game of Thrones, where…
The terrifying six-foot-long terrible wolves – as seen in Game of Thrones – first split off from other wolf species about six…
Have you ever heard of dire wolves? You’ll probably say “Yes” if you are a fan of the TV show Game of Thrones. This canine…
DNA clues point to how dire wolves went extinct, and a round-up of the main impacts of Brexit on science.In this episode:00:45…
The first-ever study to report genome-wide data on dire wolves puts to bed a mystery biologists have pondered for more than 100…
Dire wolves not only featured in Game of Thrones, they were also real creatures, and hundreds of thousands roamed the American…