A century after the infamous Tsavo lions were added to the Field Museum’s collection, scientists continue to uncover new details about the predators that once terrorized railway workers in Kenya.

Hosek offered the museum “the Man-eater of Mfuwe,” a massive lion ... The day before Hosek made his kill, the lion chased a 14-year-old boy from a field to a hut. If the boy had looked back ...

The Field Museum stands as one of Chicago’s crown ... This section features the infamous man-eating Lions of Tsavo, made ...

Patterson kept the lions' skins as floor rugs for 25 years before selling their remains to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, for $5,000 in 1924. The skins arrived at the museum in ...

CHICAGO--Trying to separate science from mythology, two Field Museum researchers have put to rest several longstanding myths concerning the museum's infamous Tsavo lions. They propose alternative ...

In 1898, two lions attacked dozens of people before Lt. Col. Patterson killed the cats. The Field Museum, #Z93658 They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were ...

An analysis of the microscopic wear on the teeth of the legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" reveals that it wasn't desperation that drove them to terrorize a railroad camp in Kenya more than a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --You've heard of lions and tigers and bears ... taking a tour of the collections visitors don't normally see at the Field Museum of Natural History, getting a behind-the-scenes ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Scientists at the Chicago Field Museum say there may have been a mix-up when researchers identified the remains of two lions suspected of eating about 35 railroad workers in ...

said Hassan, who cited the museum as a top reason she might relocate. While the lions will be pampered, the Field Museum’s outdoor Brachiosaurus cast seems to be heading back toward extinction.

Donation Options Search Search Search A team from the Field Museum prepares to X-ray one of the lions of Tsavo for research in 2017. Max Herman/For the Sun-Times Share A century after the ...