Dire wolves prowled the Earth around 300,000 years ago, but thanks to fossil records—and Game of Thrones—their legend lives on. | National Geographic

10 Things You May Not Know About Dire Straits 🎸 | Dire Straits

Out now: ‘Dire Straits: The Studio Albums 1978 - 1991’ is available as a 6CD and 8LP box set for National Album Day UK; featuring ‘Dire Straits’ (1978), ‘Communiqué’ (1979), ‘Making Movies’ (1980), ‘Love Over Gold’ (1982), ‘Brothers In Arms’ (1985) and ‘On Every Street’ (1991). Available now: 6CD box set - https://DireStraits.lnk.to/6CDBoxset 8LP box set - https://DireStraits.lnk.to/8LPBoxset | Dire Straits

Mark speaking about Dire Straits' early history during a Channel 4 interview originally titled 'The Other Side Of The Tracks', which was broadcast in April 1984. | Dire Straits

Scientists bring back dire wolves after 12,500 years of extinction. Colossal Biosciences has produced three dire wolf pups—two males and one female—using gene editing, cloning, and ancient DNA from fossils dated 13,000 to 72,000 years old. By editing 14 genes in gray wolf cells to match dire wolf traits like thick fur, stronger jaws, and broader skulls, scientists recreated the dire wolf phenotype. The embryos were implanted into domestic dogs. The pups, born in late 2024 and early 2025, now liv