With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has overturned decades of assumptions about ...

An analysis of ancient DNA reveals new details about the range, diet, and evolutionary history of this extinct predator.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: AKKHARAT JARUSILAWONG / Shutterstock. It's easy to look at a housecat napping in a sunbeam and forget its wild ...

Berinigia is the ancient stretch of land that once connected northeastern Asia to northwestern North America. While submerged ...

In a new study released Friday, scientists say DNA extracted from the bones of a prehistoric "American cheetah" found in ...

The Ice Age cat looked like a cheetah but DNA, Arctic fossils and isotopes reveal an adaptable puma relative with an unusual diet.

For about 30 years now, a flat-headed cat in Thailand has been the ultimate Schrödinger’s cat: it simultaneously existed and did not exist. Its habitat had been largely wiped out, and along with it, ...