At age 75, Vadevino Alano keeps up a brisk pace as he strides through the forest on the way to the Armadillo’s Den — a spectacular cave in southern Brazil. When he reaches the cave’s opening ...

These giant, elephant-like creatures roamed ... on these huge animals during the conditions of the Ice Age. Cave bears The cave bear, even though smaller than some of the other Ice Age relatives ...

The American cave lion ... of the ice age. They weighed as much, or more, than the short-faced bear at 1 tonne and stood 3 metres tall, growing to the size of an ox. These giants were slow ...