Imagine a world where enormous cats once prowled the wilderness with teeth so long, they looked like ivory daggers. Most ...

Saber-toothed cats were fierce and family-oriented A freshly detailed picture shows Smilodon helping the injured and the young ...

Saber-tooth cats branched off before either of the two modern groups of cats. That means that all modern cats are more closely related to one another than any of them are to Smilodon.

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 ...

Until about 10,000 years ago, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon fatalis was a fearsome predator in what is now the American West. More than 3,000 fossilized cats have been pulled from the acrid ooze of ...

Lower jaw fossils of a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat (Rhizosmilodon fiteae), a smaller relative of the Smilodon species, have been found in Florida. Jeff Gage / University of Florida ...

On a superficial level, the predatory habits of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon would not seem to be especially mysterious. Traditionally – and incorrectly – restored as a lion with extra-long ...

The cat is often referred to as the saber-toothed tiger, though scientists say this is misleading, as Smilodon and related species are more closely related to lions.

Saber-tooth cats (Machairodontinae) and modern house cats (Felis catus) shared a common ancestor … 20 million years ago. Perhaps one of the best-recognized large mammals of the Pleistocene epoch ...

‘Fearsome’ Saber-Toothed Cats Needed Their Baby Teeth and Mommies, Too According to new research, two sets of sabers and unusual lower jaw anatomy show that the saber-toothed cat Smilodon ...

Sabertooth Cats Might Have Purred, Roared, Or Made A Noise All Of Their Own We look back through hiss-tory to find out.