the "sabre-toothed tiger." A large, short-limbed cat that lived in North and South America during the Pleistocene Epoch, it was about the size of the modern African lion.

Comparing the mummified sabre-toothed tiger to a modern lion cub of a similar age, the researchers noted several obvious differences. Most noticeably, the mummified kitten was significantly more ...

Sabre-toothed predators – best know from the infamous Smilodon – evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A new study, published today in Current Biology reveals why: these teeth ...

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 A trail ...

Sir David Attenborough explores London’s Natural History Museum and meets some of the most extraordinary creatures from the ...

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 ...