The permafrost of Siberia has the perfect conditions to preserve biological specimens for tens of thousands of years.

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising prey of the massive cats, a study found.

A woman who lost her arm to a lion attack at a Queensland zoo has been identified as Joanne Cabban, a schoolteacher from NSW.

The century-old teeth of these lions – long mythologized as 'man-eaters' – are now revealing new secrets, including not just whether they ate humans but also clues as to why.

The lions’ teeth were damaged during their lifetimes. Study co-author Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. Photo Z94320 courtesy Field ...

The lions had numerous dental injuries, including partially broken canine teeth, which allowed layers of hair from their prey to build up over time.

A TEACHER who lost her arm in a lion attack has been revealed as the sister of one of the zoo’s owners. The shocking incident ...

Tsavo lion teeth. (Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago/CC BY-SA) The lions' mtDNA suggests they were brothers, as suspected.