"The short-faced bear is the T-rex of the Ice Age," Forir said. There also is a trio of extinct tortoises embedded in a wall. One fossil is believed to be about a foot long, more than twice the ...

The short-faced bear, a hypercarnivore, also ate plants depending on their availability. The work offers key insights into the evolution of the carnivore niches during the Ice Age. The team of ...

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 ...

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.

An ancient, short-faced bear, Arctodus simus, was incredibly big, at a standing height of as many as 12 feet tall. (Credit: Daniel Eskridge/Shutterstock) Today's biggest predators are a fearsome force ...

What was thought to have once belonged to an American Lion may have actually previously been in the mouth of aGiant Short-Faced Bear. Last week, we told you about a fossilized tooth that had been ...

HOT SPRINGS | The Mammoth Site confirmed the discovery of remains from a second giant short-faced bear in its dig site last week.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have been stunned in their research on the giant prehistoric predators that early humans may have encountered on ... The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years ...

Eric Proulx of Fort Mill discovered what's been identified by experts as the fossilized tooth of a giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) in the Cooper River.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Scientists said a prehistoric bear tooth was recently found in South Carolina. A Fort Mill man was diving in the Cooper River in Charleston when he found the 3-inch long fossil.

A Charlotte native who hobby-dives for fossils found a rare tooth of an 11-foot prehistoric beast in a South Carolina river last week. Eric Proulx discovered the tooth of a gargantuan short-faced ...