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

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

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.

Research on Tsavo lion museum specimens from the 1890s, using DNA isolated from hairs in their teeth, reveals a diverse diet ...

The Tsavo man-eaters terrorized railroad workers in British East Africa in the 19th century, but their tastes went well ...

Scientists used DNA sequencing to analyze the hair fragments found in the canine teeth of the infamous ‘Tsavo man-eaters.’ ...

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

Martial eagles, with wingspans that can exceed six feet, can take out young impalas or gazelles. Recently, researchers have ...

A new study reconstructed the diet of the infamous Tsavo lions using ancient DNA from hairs found in their teeth. The ...

Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century “man-eater” lions. Their analysis revealed DNA ...

Genetic analysis of cavity crud from two famed man-eating lions suggests the method could re-create diets of predators that lived thousands of years ago.