GRAY, Tenn. (AP) — A fossil-rich paleontology site in East Tennessee has yielded two more finds. Two specimens of short-faced bears were found within two weeks of each other in October. Blaine ...

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 ...

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 first short-faced bear jaw fragments turned up in 2003, but it wasn't until Gray Fossil Site preparator Jeff Supplee was putting a plaster jacket on a tapir skeleton in 2011 in preparation for ...

It has been eight years since excavators at the Gray Fossil Site first recovered remains of the short-faced bear (Plionarctos). The genus Plionarctos was initially discovered by East Tennessee ...

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.

1999: Museum of the Middle Appalachians dig, led by Ralph Eshelman, collects a number of herbivore fossils and a giant short-faced bear canine tooth. 2000-present : East Tennessee State University ...

The skull had a deep muzzle, with robust jaws and teeth that marked it as a short-faced (sthenurine) kangaroo. Tim Ziegler retrieving fossil bones from Nightshade Cave. Photo: Rob French/Museums ...

The ancient skull will soon be the centerpiece of a planned ice age exhibit that will feature fossils found across Texas, including those from horses, camels, sloths, and the short-faced bear ...

How Fossil Of 50,000-Year-Old Kangaroo Was Unearthed From Australian Cave The limestone slope of Potholes Cave Reserve is found in Gunaikurnai Country, north of the township of Buchan in eastern ...

Before going extinct around 11,000 years ago, the short-faced bear terrorized smaller creatures in its habitat, as they could reach well over 11 feet in height when standing upright. Today's largest ...