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.

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be resurrected by scientists that has been busy trying to bring back the Dodo. De-extinction experts have compiled a… ...

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.

One of the largest known species of bear, the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), ranged widely through Eurasia all the way to the Mediterranean in the south and to the Caucasus Mountains and northern ...

Giant carnivorous bears roamed the Americas in ancient times Their only living relative is a much smaller vegetarian The giant bears evolved so they could dominate scavenging The findings ...

Extinct California grizzly bears weren't the giant, blood-thirsty "hypercarnivores" humans made them out to be, ... Historical overestimates could be due to hunters targeting the biggest bears.

The bear, unearthed in 2020, was originally assumed to be an extinct cave bear that dated back at least 22,000 years. But a new necropsy reveals it is actually a brown bear that lived 3,500 years ago.

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be resurrected by scientists that has been busy trying to bring back the Dodo. De-extinction experts have compiled a… ...