Dire wolves and bullshitters

About this episode

The episode discusses the extinction of dire wolves and related scientific findings.

More reading & sources: Fantastic article which echos many of our arguments here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/18/wildlife-extinction-dire-wolf-endangered-species/Science article which summarizes dire wolves news & science: https://www.science.org/content/article/what-s-deal-dire-wolves-iconic-predators-may-have-been-neanderthals-wolf-worldArticle which leaked an internal memo from US interior secretary which said, “Pick your favorite species and call up Colossal.”: https://...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Ashley Juavinett, Dr. Cat Hicks

Topics covered

• wildlife extinction
• dire wolves
• endangered species
• neanderthals
• predators

Keywords

• dire wolves
• extinction
• endangered species
• neanderthals
• wildlife
• predators
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Tribune, Science

Places: Colossal

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