Although the bears in ice age North America were the biggest and most powerful carnivores, they had some stiff competition. Twenty thousand years ago, lions roamed the entire planet.

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be resurrected by scientists that has been busy trying to bring back the Dodo. De-extinction experts have compiled a… ...

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, ...

Until the end of the last ice age, American cheetahs, enormous armadillolike creatures and giant sloths called North America home. But it's long puzzled scientists why these animals went extinct ...

Minnesota’s state fossil is the giant beaver, an extinct creature the size of a small bear that roamed around the Twin Cities more than 10,000 years ago. Lawmakers had approved the new state fossil ...

A giant bear from the Ice Age and a 5ft-tall beaver could be next in line for resurrection by de-extinction scientists. At Colossal Biosciences in the US, scientists are already well on their way ...

The fossils found in an underwater cave in Mexico date back to the Ice Age. They belong to a variety of ancient humans and beasts, ranging from giant bears to saber-toothed cats.

A GIANT bear which has been extinct for 11,000 years and a 5ft tall beaver could be resurrected by scientists that has been busy trying to bring back the Dodo. De-extinction experts have compiled a… ...