Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close up of huge, deteriorating teeth Given half a chance, lions aren't above chewing on the occasional Homo sapien that might ...

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway. A ...

In 1898, two male lions terrorized an encampment of bridge builders on the Tsavo River in Kenya. The lions, which were massive and maneless, crept into the camp at night, raided the tents and dragged ...

The lions’ teeth had been damaged during their lifetimes. Study coauthor Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. By isolating and sequencing DNA in ...

A recent study concluded that lion poaching poses a significant threat to the survival of the species, Mongabay reported. In the past, other threats to lions were more common. Some were killed by ...

Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century 'man-eater' lions. Their analysis revealed DNA from giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey, along ...

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A new study published in PeerJ reveals that the teeth of South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) hold valuable clues about past population dynamics. Researchers from the Instituto de Biología de ...

A new study analyzed hairs embedded in the damaged teeth of two “man-eater” lions that killed at least 28 people in 1898 in the Tsavo region of Kenya. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In 1898, two male lions ...