During the Paleolithic era 35,000 years ago, a small cave bear settled into a cave to hibernate. It never woke up. Human hunters most likely found the bear — a species called Ursus rossicus — napping ...

Cave bears no longer exist. They went extinct tens of thousands of years ago, and all we have left of the massive ancient creatures are fossils. Figuring exactly why they disappeared has proven to be ...

Russian scientists discovered the full carcass of a now-extinct species of bear earlier this month, its snout locked in a snarl after millennia in the frozen ground. “It is completely preserved, with ...

The perfectly preserved remains of a prehistoric cave bear have been discovered by reindeer herders on a remote island in the Russian Arctic. The Ice Age cave bear was found in melting permafrost on ...

Cave bears were hulking beasts you wouldn’t want to run into in the dark (even if they were mostly vegetarians). But it seems a human got the better of one of these now-extinct ursids, according to an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While exploring a cave in Germany, archaeologists discovered a rare trove of ancient artifacts and remains left by prehistoric ...

Cave bears have fascinated humans for the past 32,000 years. Our Paleolithic ancestors competed with the now-extinct mammals for caves — prime real estate — and then covered their walls with images of ...

Firefighters encountered an unexpected challenge while rescuing a dog trapped in a Tennessee cave: A black bear was also there. The dog, Charlie, spent three days trapped nearly 40 feet deep in an ...

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These firefighters are the bearers of good news. A dog was rescued after spending three days trapped in a Tennessee cave with a 200-pound bear, according to local officials. Fire officials in Waldens ...