The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word cave and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves.

Sep 14, 2020 · The perfectly preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear have been discovered in the Russian Arctic – the first example of the species ever to be found with soft tissues intact.

cave bear, either of two extinct bear species, Ursus spelaeus and U. deningeri, notable for their habit of inhabiting caves, where their remains are frequently preserved.

Sep 17, 2020 · Reindeer herders working on the island discovered the ancient bear carcass and reported it to the university, which specializes in studying preserved Ice Age mammals. The team identified it as...

Although cave bear remains have been found throuought most of history and Ice Age humans even painted living cave bears, the cave bear was first scientifically described in 1774 by Johann Friederich Esper. Cave bear fossils are found throughout Europe and parts of Eurasia.

Mar 6, 2023 · Scientists initially identified the animal —named the “Etherican bear” for the nearby Bolshoy Etherican River—as an extinct cave bear and said it had lived during the last Ice Age, probably...

Sep 14, 2020 · 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 discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands …

Feb 28, 2025 · The 39,500-year-old specimen is the best-preserved Ice Age cave bear, or "ursus spelaeus," that scientists have ever found. The cave bear was found with all of its internal organs, nose, fur, and teeth still intact.

Sep 14, 2020 · Scientists at North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk, Russia, on Monday announced a finding of "great importance" — a preserved Ice Age cave bear carcass, estimated to be to be...

Sep 14, 2020 · Reindeer herders on the Siberian island of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky recently stumbled across the frozen carcass of a cave bear. Nearby, on the Siberian mainland of Yakutia, a tiny, beautifully...