Researchers report finding the well-preserved remains of a saber-toothed kitten frozen in the Russian tundra.
A little over 12,000 years ago, the species became extinct. A pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for almost 37,000 years has been found by scientists. According to a report released Thursday in Scientific Reports, in 2020, the corpse of a huge cub, thought to be around three weeks old, was discovered wrapped in a block of ice near the Badyarikha River in the Republic of Sakha, which is in Russia's Far East. The researchers believe that the cub of t...