La Brea tar pit scientists find mammoths, saber-tooth cats, dire wolves and more in asphalt. Here's how they've uncovered fossils for over 100 years.
Up until about 10,000 years ago, the saber-toothed cat Smilodon was a ferocious predator that dominated the primeval landscape of the Americas. Smilodon means "knife-tooth", a perfectly fitting name given its enormous fangs, which measured up to 28 centimeters in length. This 250-kilogram feline was an apex predator and primarily hunted the large mammals it shared the land with, such as bison and camels.
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A giant saber-toothed cat lived in North America between 5 million and 9 million years ago, weighing up to 900 pounds and hunting prey that likely weighed 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, scientists reported today in a new study.
Okay, so this one's not a dinosaur. S/he's a hissy little kitty.
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Scientists estimate that throughout Earth's history, at least five major extinctions and countless other "minor" ones have contributed to the extinction
Dick Mol (Netherlands)and Wilrie van Logchem (Netherlands) Somewhere around the Dutch coast, a mammoth herd, led by an experienced matriarch strolls along a trail on the cold, dry and treeless step…
Megantereon was a saber-toothed cat that lived in North America, Eurasia & Africa. It may have been the ancestor of Smilodon. (Credit: Serge Merjeevski)
Scientists have some ambitious projects underway to bring extinct species back to life, including the long-gone woolly mammoth to the passenger pigeon.
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A saber-toothed tiger makes his way through the snow as he looks for mountain prey in the Eocene epoch.
Dick Mol (Netherlands)and Wilrie van Logchem (Netherlands) Somewhere around the Dutch coast, a mammoth herd, led by an experienced matriarch strolls along a trail on the cold, dry and treeless step…
Lokotunjailurus was a large sabertooth cat that lived in the latest Miocene of Africa. It was a close relative of Machairodus and Homotherium, and just like them it had large and very flattened upp…
Why did these terrifying beasts evolve their nasty canines? Were they loners or pride hunters? And could primitive humans have been on the menu? Let’s explore the world of saber-tooth studies.
Hundreds of teeth pulled from the La Brea tar pits in California are revising our image of this icon of the Ice Age.
