Dire wolves had a burst of newfound fame with their appearance in Game of Thrones, where they were portrayed as a far larger version of more mundane wolves.Here in the real world, only the largest ...

But to the researchers, the higher prevalence of OCD offers grounds for speculation that there was an inbreeding problem among saber-tooth cats and dire wolves as a result of dwindling, isolated ...

Saber-toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis) and dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) appear to have suffered from bone disease, scientists have discovered.(Image credit: CoreyFord/Getty Images) Fearsome saber ...

A few tens of thousands of years ago, the world would have looked a lot more like a fantasy land. The landscape was covered over by wilderness, humanity not yet having sequestered it to the ...

In this study, the team identified signs of osteochondrosis in over 1,000 limb bones of saber-tooth cats and over 500 limb bones of dire wolves from around 55,000 to 12,000 years ago.

Here's a look at what we know about the prehistoric species: Where the dire wolves roamed 13,000 years ago. Along with saber-toothed cats and enormous short-faced bears, dire wolves were once ...

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 ...

Dire wolves, with reddish fur, facing off against gray wolves. This image, made by artist Mauricio Anton in 2020, was done in consultation with researchers, who think it’s likely the animals had ...

Colossal, the company looking to bring back the woolly mammoth from extinction has born three dire wolves, an animal extinct for 13,000 years. ... alongside saber tooth tigers and mastodons. ...

Schmökel visited the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in 2022 to study whether saber-tooth cats and dire wolves suffered from cruciate ligament disease. Instead, ...