AMES, Iowa - A well-preserved sabertooth cat skull found in southwest Iowa may have been one of the last of the species to walk the planet as glaciers receded and temperatures rose, according to ...

AMES, IA – The recent discovery of a sabertooth cat skull in southwest Iowa is the first evidence the prehistoric predator once inhabited the state. The chance of finding any fossilized remains from a ...

ISU researcher helped analyze a well-preserved skull found in southwest Iowa — the first evidence of the iconic ice age predator in the state. The East Nishnabota River carves through southwestern ...

Study describes how extinct hypercarnivore likely achieved 3D vision despite wide-set eyes more characteristic of an herbivore than a predator “You can’t understand cranial organization in ...

In the animated movie “Ice Age,” there was a scary, saber-tooth tiger named Diego — which had real-life counterparts that lived in Iowa some 13,000 years ago during the real Ice Age. Researchers at ...