The researchers also found that the extinct giant cheetahs had some remarkable similarities to modern African cheetahs. For example, the arrangement of the giant cheetahs' teeth and the bony space ...

The cat’s skull shape more closely resembled that of a cougar than the more specialized short, deep form of today’s cheetah. In short, the giant cheetah had a skull more like that of other ...

The giant ground sloth would've lived from around ... in North America around 44 million years ago. The American cheetah – or Miracinonyx, as scientists would call it – is a now-extinct ...

"The fossil record of cheetahs in eastern Asia is notably scarce and predominantly fragmented." Fossils of the giant cheetah - part of a lower jawbone - were first discovered in 1925. The ...

A. pardinensis weighed about 220 lbs. (110 kg), roughly double the weight of its modern cheetah cousin (Acinonyx jubatus). Read more about the giant cheetah. The short-faced bear (Arctodus simus ...

While some skulls were of other big cats, seven belonged to modern cheetahs. The researchers also imaged the skull of an extinct giant cheetah to see how the inner ear might have evolved.

Giant pandas, bison, elephants, sloth bears, cheetahs and more have been enjoying visitor-free time outside in the fresh powder. ️?? Everyone is getting into the #SnowDay spirit! In D.C ...