The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman ...

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta announced Tuesday evening that longtime resident Suhana, a rare cloud leopard, had died. On Tuesday ...

New research suggests a skeleton which belonged to a gladiator was mauled by a lion or another big cat during combat.

In a nutshell Scientists discovered bite marks from a lion on a human skeleton in Roman York, providing the first physical ...

It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

While images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery, this is the only convincing ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...