Dire wolves (Canis dirus) were a canine species that hunted the plains and forests ... animal once they had a hold of it. It's thought that dire wolves evolved in South America and ventured north, ...

Fifty thousand years ago, North America was home to towering giants. Mammoths roamed the tundra, saber-toothed cats hunted in ...

One of the world's most enigmatic animals is found in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest. The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) is a subspecies of the North American black bear that is only ...

Black bears are North America's most familiar and common bears. They typically live in forests and are excellent ... white. Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they ...

The continent across the Atlantic Ocean, where wildlife thrives among the varied landscapes: North America is the focus ... as fast at 40 mph (64 kmh). Both animals are found in the same desert ...

In eastern North America, pileated woodpeckers declined as their forest habitats were systematically logged in the 19th and 20th centuries. In recent decades, many forests have regenerated ...

Parrots are supposed to decorate palm trees in the tropics not the cypress of temperate forests. Yet there are 19th-century accounts of North America ... a plant or animal in the wild that ...