An curved arrow pointing right. Paleontologists have discovered the first saber-toothed tiger paw prints. The fossilized prints date back 50,000 years and were discovered in Argentina. Produced by ...

Preserved for millennia in an ice block, the cub belonged to the species Homotherium latidens, often referred to as a saber-toothed tiger ... of the species’ habitat and survival strategies.

Saber teeth — the large canines — are pretty fearsome. These fangs have evolved at least five times in predators that are now extinct, but there's been something of a mystery as to why.