This often brings people to ask about what the biggest wolves really are. Dire wolves, which are often portrayed in fictional books, movies, and television shows like Game of Thrones, are very big.

Jack Tseng, a paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History, explains that the dire wolves featured in the show are based on real animals. Produced by Kevin Reilly. Additional camera ...

But humans living in ice age North America had to deal with the real thing. Dire wolves (Canis dirus) were a canine species that hunted the plains and forests. They were similar to modern grey ...