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, ...

By around 11,000 years ago, the giant short-faced bear was extinct. The definitive reasons for its extinction are unknown, but it is one of many megafaunas that died out at the end of the Pleistocene.

Extinct giants, such as the American cheetah and ground sloth, ... "One idea is that short-faced bears ran down their prey like cats do, but for a whole number of reasons, ...

Prof Beth Shapiro, told The Telegraph: “One of my favourite extinct species is a thing called Arctodus, the giant short-faced bear, which stood 14ft tall, and giant beaver that lived in North ...

Fragments of skull of the short-faced bear, ... Human Evolution 140,000 year old bones of our ancient ancestors found on sea floor, revealing secrets of extinct human species .

The previous heavyweight was a North American giant short-faced bear—a related extinct species—that weighed up to 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms).

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be ... “One of my favourite extinct species is a thing called Arctodus, the giant short-faced bear, ...