A mummified ice age cub from Siberia is the first known mummy of a saber-toothed cat, and its discovery is generating ripples of excitement among paleontologists. The mummy’s exceptional preservation ...

NBC News reports that the animal's mummified remains, which include its head, arms and part of its chest, were found well-preserved in Yakutia, Russia, in 2020 and determined to belong to a cub around ...

Scans of an ancient cat mummy revealed that the 2,500-year-old feline supposedly resting within the wrappings wasn't a single animal. Instead, the mummy held the partial remains of three cats, ...

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Calling all "Ice Age" lovers: The frozen remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cat have been studied for the first time in history, according to a study published Thursday in the journal ...

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Lopatin, A.V., Sotnikova, M.V., Klimovsky, A.I. et al. Calling all "Ice Age" lovers: The frozen remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cat have been studied for the first time in history, ...