When craftsman Ken Walker decided to reconstruct an Irish elk for the “recreations” category of the 2005 World Taxidermy Championships, he did not rely on bones alone. Skeletons of the extinct ...

In a study published on Thursday, scientists shared their findings on a frozen, mummified sabre-toothed cub discovered in one of the coldest places on the planet. A member of the species Homotherium ...

Scientists long believed that the saber-toothed cat—or Homotherium, if you will—went extinct in Europe approximately 300,000 years ago. But a new study suggests the species may have been around ...

Scientists have discovered a pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for about 37,000 years. The carcass of a large cub estimated to be about 3 ...

Prospectors in eastern Siberia stumbled upon an extraordinary discovery while searching for mammoth tusks in 2020: a mummified saber-toothed cat cub preserved in permafrost for over 37,000 years. This ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For nearly two million years, a large cat with sharp front teeth lived in modern day North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Known as the Homotherium, this creature inhabited Texas ...

This prehistoric tiger wasn’t a lone ambush hunter. Evidence suggests Homotherium may have hunted in groups. That made it especially dangerous to early human settlements. Its blade-like teeth were ...

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 preservation ...

[Author's Note: This week I am driving west with my wife and our three cats to our new apartment in Salt Lake City, Utah. Packing prevented me from writing up anything new, so I'm featuring a few ...