Being a giant predator during the Pleistocene — from around 2.6 million years to about 11,000 years ago — was no easy feat. From short-faced bears to Ice Age coyotes, American cheetahs, dire wolves, ...

The giant short-faced bear was the biggest bear to ever exist. This giant lived during the Pleistocene, the geological time period including the last Ice Age, from around 2.5 million to 11,000 ...

Three visions of the short-faced bear: Arctodus as a predator, a scavenger, and an herbivore. By Oscar San-Isidro, from Figueirido et al., 2010. Arctodus simus, the short-faced bear, was part of ...

image: Two views of the short-faced bear toe recovered Daisy Cave, San Miguel Island, California Channel Islands (University of Oregon #514-6778). The cut bone indicates where samples were taken ...

"The short-faced bear is the T-rex of the Ice Age," Forir said. There also is a trio of extinct tortoises embedded in a wall. One fossil is believed to be about a foot long, more than twice the ...

A prehistoric South American giant short-faced bear tipped the scales at up to 3,500 pounds (1,600 kilograms) and towered at least 11 feet (3.4 meters) standing up, according to a new study.

But these ancient beasts, the short-faced bear (Arctotherium wingei) and the wolf-like Protocyon troglodytes, fell to their deaths in a deep cave, which was flooded soon after.

GRAY, Tenn. — Two partial skulls of an ancient short-faced bear species, a potential ancestor to the biggest bears that ever lived, have been discovered in northeastern Tennessee. The finds ...

HOT SPRINGS | The Mammoth Site confirmed the discovery of remains from a second giant short-faced bear in its dig site last week. Scientists uncovered the humerus of an adult, male giant short ...

But these ancient beasts, the short-faced bear (Arctotherium wingei) and the wolf-like Protocyon troglodytes, fell to their deaths in a deep cave, which was flooded soon after.