For over 150 years, the Dire Wolf, originally known as Canis dirus and now classed as Aenocyon dirus, was believed to be a specialized version of the ordinary North American Gray Wolf, Canis lupus, that was slightly bigger and had a heavier skull to tackle larger Ice Age prey. But in 2020, an examination of DNA extracted from Dire Wolf skeletons changed that picture entirely.
Dire Wolf skulls on exhibit at the LaBrea Tarpits in Los Angeles
The Packard was the Rolls-Royce of its day—it cost over a dozen times more than a Ford Model T, and was the preferred ride of industrial magnates, Hollywood glitterati, and Mafia gangsters.
1953 Packard Caribbean convertible, at the Packard Museum in Dayton OH
During the summer of 1810, in northwestern England, a mysterious beast went on a rampage, killing hundreds of sheep until it was finally brought to bay.
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