Imagine walking a snowy plain, mammoths looming nearby, and knowing enormous cats once prowled in their shadow. These ancient felines were more than fierce predators—they were masters of survival, ...

Smilodon was a fearsome Ice Age cat, the size of a modern-day tiger, that had a pair of fangs nearly 18 centimeters long. But it was only the last and largest of the great sabertooths: ...

But the differing physiology of the modern tiger with its Ice Age counterpart means Smilodon populator was far larger than the big cat today. A modern tiger weighs up to 300 kilograms.

The ferocious Smilodon of the Ice Age is among the most famous: a lion-sized cat with huge fangs that hunted ancient horses and bison across the Americas.

The Smilodon fatalis might not have been the only cat species to roam the region during the last ice age, but it certainly stood out. The bite from the fearsome predator is considered what some ...

Mississippi man finds bone from ice age apex predator, saber-toothed tiger 'Even over the American lion, they had crazy agility. They would not have had any trouble chasing down anything they ...