A model of the Smilodon fatalis skeleton (right) on display as part of a special exhibition in Schöningen, Germany, on April 12, 2017 Hauke-Christian Dittrich / picture alliance via Getty Images ...

A saber-toothed Smilodon fatalis skeleton reveals the robust forelimbs the cat used to pin down prey and the long canines that delivered a fatal bite. The Natural History Museum/Alamy Stock Photo.

Smilodon fatalis – one of the last great sabercats – was a ferocious carnivore. Gaping museum mounts are a reminder of the extinct cat’s destructive capabilities.

The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of their living relatives. The ...

The fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of their living relatives. The ...

Some juvenile Smilodon fatalis skulls had two sets of sabers—four blade-like teeth. One set appeared to be baby teeth, also ...

Much of the public discussion surrounding an upcoming expansion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's mid-Wilshire campus has been about money.

Saber-toothed tigers, or smilodon fatalis, are a species of large cat that weighed somewhere between 350 and 620 pounds, making the extinct creature larger than both the modern African lion, the ...

A mechanical analysis of the distinctive canines of California's saber-toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) suggests that the baby tooth that preceded each saber stayed in place for years to stabilize ...