The saber-toothed cat ruled the Ice Age with massive fangs and unmatched power until it vanished forever or did it? In this ...

For nearly two centuries, paleontologists have wondered what saber-toothed cats really looked like. Despite models in museums, dramatic paleoart, and even a starring spot in the Ice Age movies ...

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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, according to a study published Thursday in the journal ...

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 ...

An image of the saber-tooth cat cub. Image: Lopatin et al., Scientific Reports 2024 Six years ago, scientists discovered a remarkably preserved cave lion cub in Siberia’s permafrost. Despite ...

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 ...

However, paleontologist George Phillips of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science identified it as a jaw from a saber-toothed cat. That made the discovery excessively rare in Mississippi.

Mississippi has yielded numerous significant fossil discoveries in recent years, including a saber-toothed cat jaw and a Columbian mammoth tusk. The state's diverse fossil record spans from ...