Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

These hairs held the key to understanding the lions’ diet and behavior. The researchers discovered a surprising range of prey, including giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest, and zebra ...

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived ... The roughly 130-year-old dietary log consists of oryx, ...

Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century 'man-eater' lions. Their analysis revealed DNA from giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey ...

The lion pelts decorated Patterson's home as rugs for 25 years before being sold to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural ... They identified six species: human, giraffe, oryx, waterbuck, zebra, ...

Over a century ago, two giant male lions called the Tsavo “man-eaters” killed at least 28 people over the course of about nine months. New DNA sequencing using tiny hairs that were carefully ...

Several species, once on the brink of extinction, are making remarkable comebacks due to dedicated conservation efforts.

In 1898, a pair of male lions attacked, killed, and devoured dozens of workers constructing a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in Kenya. At least 35 people were killed. After that, the large ...

The lions’ bodies were initially fashioned into trophy rugs. In 1925, the Field Museum in Chicago purchased the rugs for display. ... including oryx, waterbuck, zebra and giraffe.