Given half a chance, lions aren't above chewing on the occasional Homo sapien that might stray unguarded into their territory. Fortunately, few of the African big cats have ever made a habit of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Over a century ago, two giant male lions called the Tsavo “man ...

The lions in the study, published in the journal Current Biology, had dental injuries, including partially broken canine teeth exposing cavities where hair from their prey built up over time. From ...

Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs trapped ...

(CNN) — Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs ...