It's rare to discover fossils from the mid-Miocene era around the Pyrenees mountain range in southern France. But paleontologists believe they may have discovered a new species after finding a lower ...

Prehistoric Bears Ate Everything And Anything, Just Like Modern Cousins Date: April 13, 2009 Source: Plataforma SINC Summary: By comparing the craniodental morphology of modern bear species to ...

In case you missed it (as I did, apparently), in 2013, a group of researchers sequenced the genomes of hair attributed to mysterious creatures, such as the yeti, a.k.a the abominable snowman.

The species of large carnivorous animal is believed to have weighed as much as 705 pounds, appearing in Europe 36 million years ago before going extinct about 7.5 million years ago.

New ancient shark species discovered by Alabama paleontologists is named after Paul 'Bear' Bryant and family.

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

For one thing, the 130-pound (60-kilogram) animal was even smaller the smallest modern-day bear species, the sun bear—so it probably wasn't exactly the top hunter of prehistoric Europe.

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.

This diagram compares the size the shape of the penis bones of the following bear species: A) sun bear, B) Asian black bear, C) Andean bear, D) American black bear, E) sloth bear, F) brown bear, G ...

The caramel-colored skull of an ancient cave bear is believed to be at least 60,000 years old, ... Cave bears, a prehistoric bear species whose remains are typically found in caves, ...