This might help explain why the fossilised partial skeleton of an ancient predator – which Fortuny and his colleagues have just discovered on the Spanish island of Mallorca – had sabre teeth.

The study examines the evolution and function of sabre teeth, the fearsome canines of extinct predators. It reveals their sharp, slender shape offered hunting advantages but increased vulnerability to ...

Buried in the permafrost was the 37,000-year-old mummified body of a baby sabre-toothed tiger. The kitten was found frozen in a block of ice in Yakutia, and was astonishingly perfectly preserved.

While it might be incredible to imagine this odd occurrence developing again, there are two reasons it's unlikely. Find out ...