African wild dogs, about half the size of hyenas, are pack animals that typically live in groups of eight to 10 adults. They were listed as endangered in 1990, and fewer than 1,500 breeding adults ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously ...

A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex ...

the researchers were able to compare findings from those remains with the Bastetodon skull and demonstrate that both carnivores belonged to the same group of hyaenodonts that originated in Africa.

Hyaenodonts evolved long before modern-day carnivores such as cats, dogs, and hyenas. These predators with hyena-like teeth hunted in African ecosystems after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Large carnivores, including lions, the authors say, are declining throughout Africa, and conservation initiatives targeted at halting and reversing the collapse of large herbivore prey are likely ...

Hyaenodonts evolved long before modern-day carnivores such as cats, dogs, and hyenas. These predators with hyena-like teeth hunted in African ecosystems after the extinction of the dinosaurs.