An ancient, enormous "hypercarnivore" that would have eaten the ancestors of hippos and elephants has been discovered in a museum draw. The creature, which has been named Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, ...

Some people lose their car keys, others lose socks in the dryer. But have you ever lost a 22 million-year-old fossil? An extinct species of giant mammal has been identified after its bones were ...

An extinct species of giant mammal has been identified after researchers discovered fossils left inside a drawer at a Kenyan museum. The species roamed east Africa 22 million years ago and was one of ...

After sitting in a drawer in a Kenyan museum for more than 40 years, a set of fossilized bones has introduced the world to a long-lost mega-carnivore from 22 million years ago. Bigger than a polar ...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - When Ohio University integrative biologist Nancy Stevens peered into a drawer in the wooden cabinets on the top floor of a Nairobi museum in 2010, she saw a chunk of ...

The 22-million-year-old apex predator named Simbakubwa kutoaafrika was been identified by US researchers after they stumbled upon fossils lurking in a drawer in the National Museum of Kenya. Nancy ...

About 22 million years ago, Simbakubwa was a fierce predator that “had lots of blades,” paleontologists report. Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, a gigantic carnivore known from most of its jaw, portions of ...

Twenty-three million years ago, a giant carnivore larger than any modern-day lion or polar bear stalked sub-Saharan Africa, according to the fossils of a previously undiscovered species that spent ...