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Real-life 'Game of Thrones' wolves are back: Dire wolves reborn through science

A Texas-based biotechnology company announced that it has successfully revived the long-extinct dire wolf.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dire wolves.
European wolf Canis Lupus in natural habitat.

Study finds wolves may have self-domesticated into dogs near human settlements

Researchers used mathematical models to show wolves could have turned into dogs by scavenging near human settlements over 15,000 years.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustrative image of wolves.

Wildlife photographer gets surrounded by 13 wolves, films TikTok

Meline Ellwanger was surrounded by a pack of 13 wild wolves in the Arctic. Faced with this terrifying scenario, she made a TikTok video. This is what happened.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amelia the dog, looking happy and fabulous in Tel Aviv (Illustrative).

Is your dog related to wolves closely enough to answer their call? - study

Researchers may have cracked the code as to why some dogs communicate via howling more than others.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Meet Maya, the world's first cloned arctic wolf

The announcement was made on the wolf's hundredth day of life, during a ceremony celebrating the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement between Sinogene and the Beijing Wildlife Park. 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Olaf, a 9-month-old Arctic wolf, is pictured inside an open-air enclosure at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia January 11, 2019.

Can wolves bond with humans like dogs? -study

Domesticated animals are widely assumed to show more affection towards humans than their undomesticated counterparts.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
BySARA WEINSTEIN
Mexican Wolf cubs, part of a litter of seven born this April, are seen in the Zoo of Los Coyotes in Mexico City, Mexico, July 14, 2017.

Ice Age DNA shows dog ancestry from 2 separate gray wolf populations - study

Similar whole-genome time series from the Ice Age, in humans or other animals, could provide new information about how evolution happens.

JULY 3, 2022
Wolves, dogs and DNA: The genetic links tying the ancestry of man's best friend to the Ice Age canines (Illustrative).

Cattle ranchers to be paid to shoot Israeli wolves

Furry predators attack cattle grazing in open spaces.

MARCH 13, 2018
Mexican Wolf cubs, part of a litter of seven born this April, are seen in the Zoo of Los Coyotes in Mexico City, Mexico, July 14, 2017.

Israeli park rangers go after the big bad wolf

A spike in close encounters between people and wolves along a highly-visited section of the Dead Sea's shoreline has caused alarm in Israel.

OCTOBER 2, 2017
ByREUTERS
A MAN stands along a mountain range overlooking the Dead Sea.