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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - On the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. | Oct 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - The Science Show - Ancient DNA reveals secrets of the dire wolf. | Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Has the dire wolf come back to life? Here is what we know. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCLA - The dire wolf was a distinct species, different from the gray wolf, biologists discover. | Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - On the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. | Nov 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Dire wolves and woolly mammoths: Why scientists are worried about de-extinction. | Aug 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - (Nature 2021) Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage (PDF). | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN Science - Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf. | May 21, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCL Discovery - Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage (PDF). | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indiana Geological and Water Survey - Dire Wolf. | Nov 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library - Extinct Dire Wolf (Canus dirus) Fact Sheet: Summary. | Jan 19, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Our Evolving Understanding of Dire Wolves. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - The legendary dire wolf may not have been a wolf at all. | Dec 27, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Dire Wolf. | Nov 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Prehistoric-wildlife - Dire Wolf. | Sep 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Dire Wolf. | Dec 21, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Florida Museum - Canis dirus. | Dec 21, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 28, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Dire Wolf. | Dec 08, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Diego Natural History Museum - Dire Wolf. | Dec 08, 2011 | ||
| Added image of dire wolf. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 24, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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