In a cave in eastern China, an exceptional fossil has been uncovered: that of a prehistoric cat so small it could have fit in the palm of a hand. This rare discovery opens a new window into the ...

At the same time Bastetodon was prowling the forests of prehistoric Egypt, the carnivore lineages that include cats and hyenas in one group, and dogs, bears, and pinnipeds in the other ...

Modern Southern Appalachia was much warmer during the Pliocene epoch, which lured prehistoric mammal species ... While roughly the size of a cat, Miopetaurista webbi only weighed about 3 pounds.