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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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

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.