Neanderthals living in what is now Belgium made a kind of prehistoric Swiss Army Knife from the bones of a cave lion some 130 ...

The grizzly’s place on the list afforded them some important protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Hunting was ...

Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.

Many are at risk of extinction, while a few have populations on the rise. From grazing Tibetan antelope to migrating monarch butterflies, these 50 photos of wildlife around the world capture the ...

Stepping carefully through Balconies Cave in Pinnacles National Park, I surveyed my dark and mysterious surroundings and tried to keep it together. The damp walls, tight squeezes, creepy echoes and ...

According to the team, the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species or sub-species that lived in Eurasia in the Middle and Late Pleistocene period and became extinct some 15,000 years ago.

The bear, unearthed in 2020, was originally assumed to be an extinct cave bear that dated back at least 22,000 years. But a new necropsy reveals it is actually a brown bear that lived 3,500 years ago.

The claw marks found in the cavern. Screengrab from video shared by the University of Murcia European cave bears went extinct between 27,000 to 28,000 years ago, according to Britannica.

Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years. This is suggested by cut marks on the metatarsal and phalanx of a cave bear discovered at the ...

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 ...