Today, it’s the tiger vs. jaguar. Tigers, the biggest cat species in the world, belong to the Felidae family. They’ve evolved from the same lineage as the snow leopard and bear.

Sabertooth cats, those iconic prehistoric predators with their massive, curved canine teeth, have been extinct for thousands of years, right? Well, not everyone is convinced. Numerous cryptozoological ...

Hyoid bones are rare in the fossil record, but we know that Smilodon fatalis (the saber-tooth tiger) had seven hyoid bones, the same as the modern roaring cats. But that isn’t the whole story.

Four species of roaring cats – lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars – and five species of purring cats – cougars, cheetahs, caracals, servals, and ocelots – were compared to 105 hyoid ...

Saber-toothed tigers may have had two sets of their famous fangs for a period of their adolescence, fossil evidence reveals. One species of these ancient and extinct cats, famed for their large ...

In two new studies, researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have shed light on how interactions between predators and prey influenced the ...

How saber-toothed cats’ baby teeth kept their adult fangs from breaking Scientists simulated the dental adaptations of these adolescent predators. Laura Baisas Apr 30, 2024 11:35 AM EDT ...