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

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

Researchers analyzed hair from Tsavo man-eating lions teeth. DNA revealed their prey, including giraffes, zebras, and even ...

Hairs trapped in cavities of the infamous lions that hunted humans in Kenya’s Tsavo region in 1898 revealed the surprising ...

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

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, ...

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

Thanks to some clever scientific detective work, we're getting a glimpse into what two deadly lions were eating -- including their human victims.

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

This study not only identifies the specific animals the lions preyed on but also provides clues as to why they targeted humans.

Getting up close with the man-eatersGnoske and his colleague ... to reduce these risks.” Two male lions became infamous for terrorizing and eating humans in 1898 during the construction of ...