Grey wolf. The grey wolf (Canis lupus), or just wolf, is a mammal of the order Carnivora, and the ancestor of the domestic dog. It is sometimes called timber wolf. A recent study found that the domestic dog is descended from wolves tamed less than 16,300 years ago south of the Yangtze River in China.
First lady Michelle Obama more popular than President Barack Obama as they leave the White House. With only a few days to go until he leaves the White House, President Barack Obama's final favorability ratings were released by Gallup on Monday. The polling outfit found 58 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the president as he leaves office, but two of the people he's been closest to over these past eight years in the White House beat him.
Three days after his inauguration, however, Barack Obama's approval rating dropped 15 points to 65-68% after his executive order on abortion (see Abortion is Murder) and the details of his economic plan that had been hidden emerged (see America in Decline).