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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The saber-toothed cats that once prowled modern day California had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Full teeth weren’t attached to the salmon fossils, but scientists widely believed the fish had downward-pointing fangs, similar to the iconic saber-toothed tiger that once roamed the American ...

The fearsome, saber-like teeth of Smilodon fatalis-- California's state fossil -- are familiar to anyone who has ever visited Los Angeles' La Brea Tar Pits, a sticky trap from which more than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...