Patterson kept the lions' remains, eventually selling them to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in 1925. Decades ...

A team of scientists has now identified exactly what kinds of prey the so-called "Tsavo Man-Eaters" fed upon, based on DNA ...

This study not only identifies the specific animals the lions preyed on but also provides clues as to why they targeted humans.

In 1898, a pair of maneless male lions began terrorizing crews building the Kenya-Uganda Railway, killing and eating dozens ...

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...

Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...

Researchers analyzed hair from Tsavo man-eating lions teeth. DNA revealed their prey, including giraffes, zebras, and even ...

From this technique analyzing the hair’s DNA, the team identified giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as ...

这种风格的生物在唐代雕塑中常常作为墓葬守护者，被称为镇墓兽。这些雕像是充满威慑力的幻想生物，通常放置在墓道入口，用以驱赶邪灵并保护亡者的灵魂。到7世纪时，它们通常成对出现，一只具有人形面貌，另一只是狮子或兽类面貌。

A new study reconstructed the diet of the infamous Tsavo lions using ancient DNA from hairs found in their teeth. The ...

The Tsavo “man-eaters” became infamous after killing at least 28 people in 1898 when they terrorized people in Kenya.

In 1898, two male lions terrorized an encampment of bridge builders on the Tsavo River in Kenya. The lions, which were ...