FREE! A three-week-old saber-toothed tiger kitten died in the permafrost of Siberia 35,000 years ago, and its preserved remains are the subject of a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports.

In 2020, prospectors seeking mammoth tusks in eastern Siberia found a bundle of fur protruding from the icy bank of the Badyarikha River. The diggers knew they were looking at something rare: the Ice Age mummy of a cat cub.

Discovered several years ago, this remarkably preserved saber-tooth cub is offering a rare glimpse into its species and life as it existed over 30,000 years ago.

The kitten, which was found in Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic, still had fur and whiskers when it was discovered.

Scientists have discovered a mummified saber-toothed kitten in Siberia. The cold, dry conditions preserved the three-week-old cub perfectly.

Researchers have analyzed mummified remains pulled from Siberia's permafrost in 2020 and determined they belong to a 3-week-old saber-toothed kitten that died at least 35,000 years ago.

The frozen cub was about 3 weeks old with brown fur and broad paws for walking on snow. The first of its kind study showed “significant differences” to a baby lion.

Found encased in ice in 2020 along the Badyarikha River in the Republic of Sakha, a northeastern region of Russia that borders the East Siberian Sea of the Arctic Ocean, a well-preserved specimen offers a rare opportunity to examine an extinct predator that roamed Eurasia during the Late Pleistocene.

Scientists have discovered a pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for about 37,000 years.

In 2020, researchers in Russia uncovered a mummified carnivore cub frozen in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 37,000 years. The discovery, made near the Badyarikha River in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),