GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The extinct genus is called Borophagus, meaning “gluttonous eater” — and now researchers have learned the giant bone-crushing dog was present at the Pliocene-era Gray Fossil site.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Researchers at East Tennessee State University’s Gray Fossil Site have found the first evidence of any animals in the dog family. The Gray Fossil Site has produced numerous ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Researchers have studied the Gray Fossil Site for more than 20 years, identifying many extinct animal and plant species. Recently discovered on the site was the right upper arm ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WSMV) - Researchers at East Tennessee State University discovered an upper arm bone of an animal that they believe to be a member of an extinct group more commonly called ...

An extinct group of brawny carnivores could bite through bone, a cache of six-million-year-old fossilized feces reveals. The bone-crushing dogs, which include the genus Borophagus (“gluttonous eater”) ...

A huge and diverse subfamily of dogs, the bone-crushers patrolled North America for more than thirty million years, before they disappeared in the not-too-distant past. So what happened to the biggest ...

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