Which wolf species is the biggest? Adult gray wolves are thought to be the biggest; females typically weigh between 23 to 55 ...

The Minnesotan gray wolf has been listed as a threatened, rather than an endangered, species since 1978 — a unique status among the lower 48 states only held by Minnesota until 2011.

The dire wolf also came up at an April 9 meeting of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources that considered amendments to a proposed law that would strip federal protections from western ...

On April 8, 2025, Colossal announced the successful birth of three dire wolf pups—Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi—marking the first-ever de-extinction of an animal through advanced genetic ...

Epicyon haydeni was the largest of all the Epicyon species. Like other meat-eating animals, these colossal wolves had special “carnassial” teeth for slicing meat.

One of the biggest headlines of the week: A Texas-based genetics company claims to have brought the dire wolf back from extinction — or, essentially, from the dead. Earlier this week, the Dallas ...

When one company proclaimed it had brought back the dire wolf, the response was joyous. But de-extinction remains a dangerous fantasy. By Brooke Jarvis Brooke Jarvis is a contributing writer for ...

The dire wolf is a canine species that has been extinct for around 10,000 years, having lived up to 250,000 years ago. Living in the Americas, they are thought to have "died out as their prey did ...

The Mackenzie Valley Wolf is one of the largest wolf species, weighing up to 175 lbs. Found in North America, it has been linked to rare but fatal human encounters.

In 2011, however, researchers were surprised to find that a 90-pound wolf known as OR-7 had left his pack and crossed over the Oregon-California border, becoming the first of his species to ...

The dire wolf (Canis dirus) was said to be around the size of the largest gray wolves, with a shoulder height of 97 centimeters (38 inches) and weighing around 59 to 68 kilograms (130 to 150 ...