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

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

Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising ...

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

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

In 1898, a pair of male lions attacked, killed, and devoured dozens of workers constructing a railway bridge over the Tsavo ...

which might have played a partial role in why the animals shifted their focus to attack and eat humans. One of the lions may have sustained damage from a kick or a blow from a buffalo or zebra ...