Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight ... dig painted the picture of a fearsome, big-cat creature with a strong jaw and sharp teeth ...

Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big cat-sized carnivores called Hyaenodonta ... a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.” ...

Several animal skulls have been seized by police after going up for auction online. Items at Beccles Auctions in Suffolk were withdrawn, including monkey, canine, turtle, baboon and big cat skulls.

This bite force allows them to employ a unique killing method among big cats: a direct bite to the skull. Their diverse diet ranges from fish and reptiles to larger mammals like deer. Despite ...