For the first time, scientists sequenced the genomes of 20 individual lions, including extinct cave lions, revealing insights into their family tree.

Saber-Toothed cats (Smilodon fatalis) went extinct after the ice age; paleontologists are not sure what caused their extinction. This cat was brought to life by a puppeteer: it’s a creation of ...

Saber-toothed cats were apex predators that would have viewed both mammoths and ground sloths as potential meals, not traveling companions. Mammoths were highly social herd animals that stayed with ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A massive star exploded around 13,000 years ago, and research now suggests that the cosmic blast may have plummeted Earth into a sudden ice age while wiping out woolly mammoths, giant ...

"Black bears are so timid today partly because they evolved alongside such powerful predators as saber-toothed cats, American lions, dire wolves and short-faced bears, all of which became extinct ...

"Black bears are so timid today partly because they evolved alongside such powerful predators as saber-toothed cats, American lions, dire wolves and short-faced bears, all of which became extinct ...

"Black bears are so timid today partly because they evolved alongside such powerful predators as saber-toothed cats, American lions, dire wolves and short-faced bears, all of which became extinct ...

Their powerful jaws allowed them to take down large prey such as mammoths, bison, and horses. Saber-toothed tigers are now extinct due to climate change caused by the end of the last ice age, around ...

The saber-toothed cat ruled the Ice Age with massive fangs and unmatched power until it vanished forever or did it? In this video, we explore the bold scientific concept of de-extinction and the ...