If popular karaoke bars and the long audition lines for American Idol demonstrate anything, it's that people like to express themselves through song — and the bigger the audience, the better. Now ...

Have you ever heard of an animal called the rock hyrax? Well, they’re about to become a firm favourite. ZSL London Zoo introduced visitors to the furry creatures with an adorable dinner-time clip of ...

It's no secret that I love the rock hyrax, that furry potato-shaped mammal with tiny vampire fangs and the strangest "wawa" scream. I thought I knew a lot about them already, but today I hit upon a ...

Maddie Bender: This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I’m Maddie Bender. Take a walk in the woods after dark, and you might hear crickets chirping or frogs ribbiting. But there’s a sound you ...

Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live in trees. In Tanzania’s Pare mountains, near the border with Kenya, they’ve adapted to life on steep ...