The story continues: recent advances on the life and death of the Pleistocene cave bear

In this issue, we cover an exceptional topic in Vertebrate Paleobiology that has been an enjoyable challenge for scientists and the popular media alike: the life and death of the Pleistocene cave bear (Ursus spelaeus). As an icon of the ice-age, the cave bear inhabited the glacial ecosystems of Eurasia, and it was the inspiration of a popular book written in 1976 by Björn Kurtén, entitled The cave bear story: life and death of a vanished animal....