An extinct species of wolf, which served as inspiration for a mythical creature in the popular television show “Game of Thrones,” had little in common with the gray wolves that roam North America ...

Dire wolves, the ancient predators made famous in the mythical “Game of Thrones” universe, have been somewhat resurrected by a pioneering genetic editing company. Colossal Biosciences announced the ...

Sonoma State University on Thursday introduced its new mascot--the sea wolf. The mythical creature, with a connection to novelist Jack London, replaces the Cossack, which school officials deemed ...

In HBO’s Game of Thrones, the direwolf is both the sigil of and companion to the members of House Stark. For anyone living south of Winterfell, the dire wolf is a creature of myth—the same as a giant, ...

Daenerys’ three dragons are, understandably, the biggest thing to happen in Westeros in centuries. Everyone thought they were good after the last of the Targaryens’ dragons died out, but Dany did the ...

I quite literally cannot believe, for multiple reasons, what I am about to say is true. Yet, somehow, it is: we got real dire wolves before we got The Winds of Winter. Scientists have produced three ...

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