Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Far bigger than any dog that walks the earth today, Epicyon ...

The idea of a dog the same size as a grizzly bear may sound like a creature from a science fiction blockbuster, but such a creature was very much real around 16 million years ago. The enormous dog ...

Epicyon haydeni, or Hayden’s bone-crushing dog, roamed North America between 12 and 6 million years ago during the middle to late Miocene epoch. Its fossils have been discovered in at least 12 ...

What happened to the prehistoric Big Dogs? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Stefan ...

Florida archaeologists recently discovered several complete skeletons of an extinct species of elephants called gomphothere, marking a historic find at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ...

The largest dog to ever live was the size of a grizzly bear and hunted in the same way as a modern-day fox, scientists have found. Epicyon haydeni lived 16 million years ago and researchers have found ...

SCOTTISH scientists have discovered that the planet’s largest ever dog – the size of a grizzly bear – hunted by pouncing on its prey. Boffins have uncovered new information on how prehistoric canines ...

The name epicyon translates to "more than a dog" and although that may sound pleasant at first - seeing as dogs are man's best friend - these massive beasts certainly would not have made good pets.

The skull from the first species of dog, known as Hesperocyon gregarius Scientists have found new information on how prehistoric dogs hunted 40 million years ago - by analysing the skulls of lions, ...