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A variety of saber-toothed animals have evolved to fill different niches. Matt Celeskey / Charles R. Knight Public Domain / Juan Carlos Cisneros, Fernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvill, Ana de Oliveira ...

As they travel the world, they must face the ferocious saber-toothed cat, affectionately called Chunky. It’s a cuter version of real-world interactions which occurred between humans and ice age ...

Saber teeth, of saber-toothed cat fame, are pretty fearsome. They're canines, like humans have, but elongated to a sharp point that juts out below the jaw. These fangs have evolved at least five ...

According to new research, two sets of sabers and unusual lower jaw anatomy show that the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis delayed adulting with a long weaning period Katie Cottingham ...

Saber-toothed predators—best known from the infamous Smilodon—evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A study titled "Functional optimality underpins the repeated evolution of ...

One of those species was the saber-toothed cat, and while we may never know how aggressive the big felines would have been towards a human, new research tells us all we need to know about their ...

The first documented evidence that a particular species of saber-toothed cats used to live in what's now Iowa might help humanity save large mammals from a similar kind of extinction. A skull ...

In a paper published Monday in the journal Current Biology researchers describe a new saber-toothed beast that appeared unexpectedly, then vanished, at the very end of the extinction event ...

ATLANTA — A mummified ice age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples of excitement among paleontologists. The mummy's ...

sharp claws, pads on its paws, well-preserved skin and thick fur around an inch long has been uncovered in the Siberian permafrost. The saber-toothed cat cub is the first of its kind ever found.

That peak performance may have ultimately led to the downfall of saber-toothed predators, the researchers suggest. The research team came to this conclusion after analyzing nearly 100 canine teeth ...