New biomechanical research shows Smilodon's legendary saber teeth came with a surprisingly weak bite — and reveals the real ...

A single camera trap survey pinned down 438 individual carnivores from six species, the first open dataset to map them all together.

Poaching and wildfires have driven the country’s jaguar population to a critical level, and until now even rescued animals faced life in captivity ...

Fresh details have emerged concerning reports in official records.

Camera trap in Sikkim captures first definitive photo of Eurasian lynx expanding species range ...

Crocodiles have ruled rivers and wetlands for over 200 million years, but a handful of animals push back hard enough to win.

Learn about a surprise find of an early saber-toothed cat skull in a museum drawer, revealing how the teeth of ancient cats ...

Archaeologists examining an approximately 6,200-year-old skull uncovered at a Copper Age site identified a series of injuries on the skull matching to a young adult male. The wounds were most ...

With their killer instinct and feline prowess, the big-cat family represents some of the world's most impressive animals. All ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in primates. Now, an Oxford evolutionary psychologist who doubted it from the start ...