When it comes to paleontology, the most exciting discoveries aren't always made in the field. Sometimes, they're made in a windowless museum basement lined with cabinets full of bones. That's where ...

A computer-generated image of large saber-tooth cat in long grass Scientists have unearthed the remains of two never-before-seen species of saber-toothed cats that roamed Africa around 5.2 million ...

A new type of saber-toothed cat has just been revealed: the "cookie-cutter cat," whose name comes from how it chomped large, clean chunks of flesh from its prey. Saber-toothed cats once roamed the ...

This partial fossilized jaw is from a baby Smilodon fatalis. At the time of the cat's death, one of its adult canines (inside, top) was erupting alongside the baby canine (bottom). Disclaimer: AAAS ...