A mechanical analysis of the distinctive canines of California's saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) suggests that the baby tooth that preceded each saber stayed in place for years to stabilize the ...

(CNN) — 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 exceptional ...

The Homotherium cub was preserved in Siberian permafrost with its dark fur and flesh intact. By Asher Elbein In 2020, prospectors seeking mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia found a bundle of fur ...

How did North America's saber-toothed cats hunt without breaking their unwieldy saber-like canines, which are vulnerable to sideways bending stresses? A paleontologist provides mechanical evidence ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Researchers found a mummified saber-toothed cat in Russian permafrost. Despite being at least 35,000 ...

Lopatin, A.V., Sotnikova, M.V., Klimovsky, A.I. et al. Calling all "Ice Age" lovers: The frozen remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cat have been studied for the first time in history, ...

A prehistoric saber-toothed cat once roamed what is now the Gulf Coast of Texas, a "treasure" of a fossil has revealed. Researchers determined that the fossil belongs to an individual from the extinct ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had ...

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 exceptional ...