Giant Wolves Haunted the Ice Age

In a world of giants, wolves had to be larger. And they were. Alaskan gray wolves from the last Ice Age were built to eat on mammoths, not deer. They had shorter snouts, stronger jaws and more massive canine teeth than any modern wolf. But this type of wolf vanished along with the megafauna f... [ read more >> ]

An Ice Age-era gray wolf skull from California's La Brea tar pits (top) is compared to the head of a newly discovered bone-crushing wolf that roamed Alaska around the same time period (middle).The bone-crusher's skull (outlined in red at bot

Image comment: An Ice Age-era gray wolf skull from California's La Brea tar pits (top) is compared to the head of a newly discovered bone-crushing wolf that roamed Alaska around the same time period (middle).The bone-crusher's skull (outlined in red at bot
Image credits: Blaire Van Valkenburgh

An Ice Age-era gray wolf skull from California's La Brea tar pits (top) is compared to the head of a newly discovered bone-crushing wolf that roamed Alaska around the same time period (middle).The bone-crusher's skull (outlined in red at bot
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