Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene Epoch some 20 million years ago. Scientifically known as Bastetodon syrtos, ...

Five lions were sprawled out and sunning on rocks alongside Kenya’s Voi River. Hippos wallowed nearby. Elephants drank and ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

The primates, hippopotamuses, elephants, and hyraxes that lived there 30 million ... revealing much about an animal's survival strategies. The skull of Bastetodon reveals dentition consistent ...

Scientists dive into the genomes of whales, elephants, and other animal giants looking for new weapons in the fight against ...

the animal had sharp teeth and a powerful bite to rip into its prey, including the hyraxes, early elephants and hippos, and primates that lived in the former forest of Fayum. Hyaenodonts hunted in ...

This find, made by a team of Egyptian and international paleontologists, highlights an intriguing animal: Bastetodon syrtos ... ancestral elephants, and hyraxes. Its hunting mode remains hypothetical, ...

The centre has already cared for dassies (rock hyrax), goslings ... To prevent unnecessary human-animal interaction, the centre does not allow public visits, making fundraising a challenge.