A group of researchers, including Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) Professor Dr. Steven Jasinski, has published a study on fossil carnivoran mammals from the foothills of the ...

Twenty-three million years ago, a giant carnivore larger than any modern-day lion or polar bear stalked sub-Saharan Africa, according to the fossils of a previously undiscovered species that spent ...

The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers suggest. The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was ...

In 1952, the Government of India officially declared the cheetah extinct, making it the only large carnivore species to have ...

A NEW ghost shark and a carnivorous “death ball” sponge are just two of the over 1,100 new species discovered in the deep sea ...

Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards -- and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ...

A new study investigates how an extinct, carnivorous marsupial relative with canines so large they extended across the top of its skull could hunt effectively despite having wide-set eyes, like a cow ...

A variety of saber-toothed animals have evolved to fill different niches. Matt Celeskey / Charles R. Knight Public Domain / Juan Carlos Cisneros, Fernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvill, Ana de Oliveira ...