A filmmaker mother-of-three from Co Fermanagh is to have her book-turned-animation premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next ...

Game of Thrones, the blockbuster HBO show based on George RR Martin's fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, first aired on ...

Even The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski is giving George R.R. Martin a kicking over The Winds of Winter still being worked ...

Alfie Allen shows his acting range in the historical drama SAS: Rogue Heroes as Jock Lewes, after portraying Theon Greyjoy in HBO's Game of Thrones.

The Space Wolves of Warhammer 40,000 are up for preorder this week, featuring iconic characters, updated sculpts, and an ...

So, it is only fitting that the franchise’s author George R.R. Martin got to meet the first dire wolves, or the animals closest to it, to exist in more than 10,000 years.

MANILA, Philippines — The “Game of Thrones” author George R. R. Martin has held the creatures he described as the beloved pets of the Stark children in his high fantasy books.

“Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin is celebrating the return of the dire wolf, a species once thought to be extinct for thousands of years, after scientists claimed they have revived ...

Return of the Dire Wolf: Once a Legend, Now a Discovery! The Game of Thrones show portrayed dire wolves as noble wolves, even though their true biological ancestors were very different from loyal ...

“Colossal compared the genomes of the dire wolf and the grey wolf, and from about 19,000 genes, they determined that 20 changes in 14 genes gave them a dire wolf,” he told BBC News.

A screenshot from the Game of Thrones. These creatures are not CGI or fantasy fiction. Weighing up to 70 kg with bone-crushing jaws, dire wolves ruled Ice Age America over 10,000 years ago.

The once-extinct dire wolf species has been brought back to life after 10,000 years, and George R.R. Martin‘s “Game of Thrones” lore deserves some of the credit. While Martin is not a ...