Standing at 11 feet on its hind legs, the short-faced bear was the most enormous mammalian carnivore ever to live in North America. These were giants compared to the bears we see today. When you ...

HOT SPRINGS | The Mammoth Site confirmed the discovery of remains from a second giant short-faced bear in its dig site last week. Scientists uncovered the humerus of an adult, male giant short ...

The lineage boasts some hard-hitters, as well. During the Ice Age, for example, giant short-faced bears that weighed up to 1,800 pounds (816 kg) roamed North America.

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 ...