The extinct South American animal made us believe it was as fierce as a saber-tooth cat, but a new study suggests it was a mere scavenger. By Matt Kaplan Smilodon fatalis has its name for a reason.

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 and ...

One of the iconic animals of the ice age was the saber-toothed cat Smilodon. The scientific name means "carving knife tooth," a good description of its 8-inch-long canine teeth. Commonly called a ...

Researchers have tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct species of carnivore close to the extant felines. Using high-precision 3D scans and simulation methods, the team has just revealed ...

A new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been found in Polk County, Fla., scientists say. The fossil, which is 5 million years old, is related to the well-known carnivorous predator ...

As recently as 12,000 years ago, ancient humans shared the Earth with a monster unlike anything we know today — and it was even bigger and more terrifying than we first thought. The saber-tooth tiger ...

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 - Freelance ...

Side-by-side renderings of the marsupial saber-tooth Thylacosmilus atrox (left) and the saber-tooth cat Smilodon fatalis (right). Stephan Lautenschlager The extinct saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis ...

It suggests that the prehistoric predators might have been able to feed on even the most giant prey of the Pleistocene era. By Joshua Sokol When the curator mentioned a huge saber-toothed tiger skull ...

Researchers found a single saber-toothed cat bone that belonged to an animal that weighed up to 900 pounds. The new species might have hunted down 6,000-pound animals. It may have been the ancestor of ...

It’s not every day you dig up the fossilized remains of an apex predator. Unless your name is Eddie Templeton, who recently discovered the crystallized toe bone of a saber-toothed tiger in a creek bed ...

A team of researchers led by Narimane Chatar, a doctoral student at the EDDyLab of the University of Liège (Belgium), has tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct species of carnivore ...