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.
Presidential job approval ratings from Ike to Obama. Perhaps no measure better captures the publicâs sentiment toward the president than job approval. Our poll in December 2015 showed that 46% of Americans approve of Barack Obamaâs job performance â a rating thatâs been steady throughout 2015, and is up 4 percentage points from a year prior. Digging deeper into job approval ratings reveals additional insights about the publicâs views of its leaders.