We stepped into a cave so massive, it makes sports stadiums look small. With ceilings towering hundreds of feet overhead and ...

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

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday. The find, revealed by the melting permafrost, was ...

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 cave bears likely used the area for hibernation and to raise their cubs. Cave bears, now extinct, grew to about 880 pounds to 2,200 pounds, according to Britannica.

For about 20,000 years, cave lions were the most dangerous animals in Eurasia, with a shoulder height of about 4.2 feet high. They lived in multiple environments and hunted large herbivores ...

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.