Imagine standing face-to-face with a creature whose teeth looked more like daggers than anything you’d ever seen in the ...

Homotherium Homotherium had shorter, serrated canine teeth (around 10 cm) and longer hind limbs, making it better adapted for chasing down prey rather than ambushing it.

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The Homotherium cub is especially remarkable because it’s the first known mummy of a saber-tooth cat, and provides an unprecedented look into what the felines may have looked like.

The Siberian ice holds unsuspected secrets. In 2020, an exceptional discovery was made near the Badyarikha River: that of a baby saber-toothed tiger, frozen in time for nearly 36,000 years. A true ...

Paleontologists excavating in Russia’s Yakutia region uncovered the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat. The cub was only about 3 weeks old when it died around 35,000 years ago. The well ...

Scientist were able to study a saber-toothed cub dating back 35,000 years due to its well-preserved condition from being protected by ice. Much of the three-week old cub was left intact, even its fur.

Amidst the permafrost in Yakutia, Russia, researchers uncovered a mummified saber-tooth cat cub (Homotherium latidens). The well-preserved mummy, still covered in fur, is a first-of-its-kind discovery ...

Homotherium latidens are the extinct Eurasian cousins of the North American sabre-toothed cats. Scientists say the cats could grow to about 3 feet tall and 6.5 feet long, and weigh nearly 450 pounds.

Homotherium latidens are the extinct Eurasian cousins of the North American sabre-toothed cats. Scientists say the cats could grow to about 3 feet tall and 6.5 feet long, and weigh nearly 450 pounds.

In 2020, scientists unearthed a mummified Homotherium cub—a saber-toothed cat—preserved in ice on Russia’s Badyarikha River. Radiocarbon dating places the cub at 35,000–37,000 years old ...

The largest number of Homotherium finds, according to the study, have been found in North America. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross.