Patterson’s bestselling book, Man Eaters of Tsavo, chronicled their action in the bushes of Tsavo. According to records, Patterson sold the lions’ remains to the Chicago museum for about Sh380 ...

Patterson later wrote a book, "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures," in which he said the lions were to blame for the deaths of 135 people. According to a 2018 article ...

The “Tsavo man-eaters,” as the male African lions are known, have been mythologized in books and Hollywood movies. Historical accounts have described how they ate dozens of people who worked ...

Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs trapped inside the cavities of their broken teeth has revealed new insights into the prey the so-called Tsavo man-eaters once hunted.Video above ...

While the Tsavo lions’ reputation as man-eaters is well-documented — and dramatized in the 1996 film “The Ghost and the Darkness” — research has challenged some long-standing assumptions.

Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs trapped inside the cavities of their broken teeth have revealed new insights into the prey the so-called Tsavo man-eaters once hunted. The harrowing ...