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 ...

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 ...

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.

The largest land predator of its time, the South American giant short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens), in comparison to a person. (Image credit: Soibelzon, Schubert, Journal of Paleontology.) ...

A male South American giant short-faced bear has just broken the record for world's largest bear, according to a paper in this month's Journal of Paleontology. IE 11 is not supported.

Giant Short-Faced Bears inhabited North America during the Pleistocene epoch, first appearing about 1.8 million years ago, and going extinct around 11,000 years ago at the same time as most other ...

Demythologizing Arctodus simus, the ‘Short-Faced’ long-legged and predaceous bear that never was Journal of Verterbrate Paleontology, 30 (1), 262-275 : 10.1080/02724630903416027 ...

(Update 3/28/21): A paleontologist has now positively identified this fossilized tooth as likely belonging to a Giant Short-Faced Bear. _____. A hobby diver found a rare South Carolina fossil ...

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 ...