A very lion-like Smilodon, from Ernest Ingersoll's The Life of Animals (1907). Before they started taking measurements of jawbones, though, the authors of the new study had to consider a few ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Ice Age mammals loom large in our imagination ...

In public imagination, the sabre-toothed cat Smilodon ranks alongside Tyrannosaurus rex as the ultimate killing machine. Powerfully built, with upper canines like knives, Smilodon was a fearsome ...

The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of their living relatives. The findings, ...

This article is reposted from the old Wordpress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I'll return with fresh material. The sabre-toothed ...

An animal of such habits [as Smilodon] might fulfill the legendary requirements of the 'King of Beasts' more nearly than does the lion. It would be bold and fearless of the most powerful, and it might ...

New research shows that the fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of their living ...