Researchers at Iowa State University say a fossilized skull found recently in southwest Iowa offers evidence that prehistoric sabertooth cats may have roamed the area. ISU associate professor of ...

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now Nebraska. With a head that made up almost half of its body length and ...

When you hear the term "mammoth" you probably picture a big Wooly Mammoth stomping through snowfields. Did you know we used to have mammoths walking around the Palmetto State? The Columbian Mammoth, a ...

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 ...

Studying the sounds produced by ancient creatures like sabertooth has shed light on vocalizations in these extinct species. Grasping this auditory aspect also holds a pivotal role in reconstructing ...