A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire.

Burials didn’t take place within settlements during the Roman period, leading the dead ... that animal combat took place there,” Coleman said. “That is why the new skeleton is so important.” ...

As apex predators, lions (Panthera leo) roam the African savanna, and occasionally even the rainforests, as the only social ...

Hannah Band, of Glenrothes, Fife, was employed as a support worker caring for vulnerable people when she left the animals, named Odin, Loki and Thor, without adequate food and water - causing two of ...

Hong Kong police are investigating possible animal abuse after finding two turtles ... A passer-by alerted police after discovering the body of an adult red-eared slider, a popular pet in Hong ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic ...

Scientists have studied an enigmatic mummy from the crypt of an Austrian church and revealed an unusual embalming method and ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming ...

A Polk County couple is facing four animal cruelty charges and possession of a bobcat charges. Last year, their business, ...

When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient Egypt. Many different cultures embalmed their deceased, ...