A team of scientists ventured into a Danish forest with an unusual mission: to "vacuum" animal DNA straight from the air.

Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...

Patterson kept the lions' remains, eventually selling them to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in 1925. Decades ...

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.

New research reveals why paternal mitochondrial DNA is banished during development, potentially paving the way for new ...

In the year 1898, two big male lions created chaos in Kenya. These lions caused terror among a group of bridge builders ...

A cat's genetic code is a detailed blueprint that governs everything from coat color to personality traits to several toes.

Scientists have wondered if the many captive tigers in the United States could one day help restore the species in the wild.

Thanks to some clever scientific detective work, we're getting a glimpse into what two deadly lions were eating -- including their human victims.

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...

The demonic breeder has been condemned by the Scottish government and animal experts who say the dogs will be plagued with ...

Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of ...