The sabertooth cat is an Ice Age icon and emblem of strength, tenacity and intelligence. These animals shared the North American landscape with other large carnivores, including short-faced bears, ...

AMES, Iowa - A well-preserved sabertooth cat skull found in southwest Iowa may have been one of the last of the species to walk the planet as glaciers receded and temperatures rose, according to ...

The newly discovered fossils, dating back to roughly 5 million years ago, could have implications for human bipedalism, researchers say. Reading time 3 minutes Paleontologists recently revisited a ...

Studying the sounds produced by ancient creatures like sabertooth has shed light on vocalizations in these extinct species. Grasping this auditory aspect also holds a pivotal role in reconstructing ...

The East Nishnabota River carves through southwestern Iowa, flowing over sands and gravels dating back to the last ice age. In 2017, something emerged from the riverbanks that would change Iowa’s ...

Researchers say that evidence of osteochondrosis dissecans in the ice age predators offers insights to how they went extinct. By Miriam Fauzia Some 50,000 to 10,000 years ago as ice sheets melted and ...