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

Researchers analyzed DNA from hairs in the teeth of the infamous Tsavo man-eating lions, revealing that they consumed a ...

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, ...

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

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 ...

Thanks to some clever scientific detective work, we're getting a glimpse into what two deadly lions were eating -- including their human victims.

A genomic study of the maneless Tsavo lions confirmed that they were likely siblings. Pictured: a pair of maneless lions living today in the Tsavo region.

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

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

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

Scientists extract DNA from hair embedded in the Tsavo lions' jaws that reveals the species of prey they ate while they were ...