Newly sequenced DNA from bones found in the Yukon and Wyoming reveals that despite its slender body, Miracinonyx trumani is ...

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.

Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet ...

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

From about 2.5 million years ago to 16,000 years ago, a big cat roamed the open grasslands of North America. Its fossils show a streamlined body, long legs, and large nostrils, suggesting an animal ...

Learn how ancient DNA and chemical clues revealed that the American cheetah was a puma relative that ate fish in the Arctic.

Researchers used DNA and isotope analysis to figure out how the large cats survived in the far north.

At almost 12 years old, Davis lived beyond the expected life span of cheetahs, according to the Maryland Zoo. After his ...

A new study has analyzed mummified remains of cheetahs in Saudi Arabia caves. The results could help reintroduce cheetahs to ...