Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of an 'American cheetah' (Miracinonyx trumani). (Julius Csotonyi/UAF) The Ice Age movies get one major thing right: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It's very hard to imagine a prehistoric species we've never seen without comparing it to something we know," said first author ...

With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study ...

For thousands of years, a mysterious big cat roamed the grasslands and forests of North America. With long legs and a body built for speed, Miracinonyx trumani eventually became known as the “American ...

The Miracinonyx trumani, commonly known as the American cheetah, lived in North America more than 13,000 years ago. Despite its name, recent studies conducted at the University of Malaga have revealed ...

A cat nicknamed the “American cheetah” may have spent part of its Ice Age history eating fish in the Arctic. New research on Miracinonyx trumani suggests that northern populations had a very different ...

Miracinonyx trumani, an extinct big cat commonly known as the American cheetah, lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Its nickname comes from its resemblance to modern cheetahs, including ...

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Learn how Miocene fossils from the Mojave Desert reveal that pronghorn running adaptations developed long before high-speed cheetahs appeared in North America. The American pronghorn can outrun every ...

An artistic rendering of two Miracinonyx, one in Beringia preying mainly on fish and one in the Lower 48 feeding on pronghorn antelope. With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx ...