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.

Not all saber-toothed creatures were felids, or “true cats,” which are the animals we consider to be “cats” today, such as lions, tigers and housecats. Sabers, the long knife-like canine ...

The creatures have a slender, cylindrical body with a large head, scientists said. Their dark green snout is robust and long, and their fleshy upper lip and jaw is larger than their lower jaw.

bison and sabre-toothed cats. First author Scott Byram, a research associate with the University of California Berkeley’s archaeological research facility, said: “This ancient Native American ...

The Nenets have undertaken this annual migration for centuries, and at 800 miles round-trip, it’s one of the longest in the world. Yuri’s group, called Brigade 4, is a relic of a Soviet ...

Whales are not an uncommon sight off the coast of California, but this saber-toothed whale that washed up on the shore of Venice Beach on Oct. 15 was quite a surprise for marine scientists.

The finding marks the second time in three years that an elusive Pacific footballfish has been found on the sand at Crystal Cove State Park Sarah Kuta Caecilians are the only known amphibians to ...

The saber-toothed tiger, a once mighty creature, no longer roams the Earth. Its roars have been silenced by extinction. The large cats are just one of thousands of species that have disappeared from ...

Before the end of the last Ice Age, fierce saber ... toothed brethren, called smilodons, about 18 million years ago, according to a 2017 study. The cats went extinct alongside other giant ...

A Tesla Cybertruck owner says he’s chewed through his tires in just over 6,251 miles. That’s the same mileage where Tesla tells owners to rotate tires. A Tesla Cybertruck owner is crying foul ...

When a Mississippi Delta couple went to spend time on the Mississippi River recently, they expected to find fossils from long-extinct animals. After all, they find them all the time. However, what ...