Wolves may belong to the canine family, but they are far larger and more formidable than your average dog, or even their close cousin, the coyote. With powerful builds, massive paws, and imposing ...

Epicyon haydeni, or Hayden’s bone-crushing dog, roamed North America between 12 and 6 million years ago during the middle to late Miocene epoch. Its fossils have been discovered in at least 12 ...

Bigger is better if you’re a hungry wolf. “Overall, being bigger is better because when a wolf does catch an elk there’s a better chance of bringing it down,” said Daniel MacNulty, who studied wolves ...

At first it might seem easy to identify a wolf vs. a coyote. After all, adult wolves are two and even three times larger than adult coyotes. Still, people mistake one canine for the other all the time ...

The gray wolf is a common motif in Eurasia and North America, corresponding with the wolf’s geographic location. As a predator, the wolf is strongly associated with danger and destruction. In modern ...

Two male dire wolves, Romulus and Remus, have celebrated their first birthday. The wolves were born through genetic engineering by biotech company Colossal Biosciences. At one year old, the male dire ...