In the wide-open savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, lions and hyenas are rarely far from each other. They share much of the same ...

Spotted hyenas live in complex clans with females holding dominant positions over males. Rank is inherited through female lines, influencing access to resources and reproductive success. This social ...

During the Ice Age, the tundra was dominated by massive predators like saber-toothed cats, cave hyenas, and the enormous short-faced bear. Yet despite their size and power, the predator that ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa ...

From pangolin tracking in Kenya to walking the sand dunes of Namibia, these nocturnal safaris reveal wildlife few travelers ever see.

Their team have lost 25 of their last 27 Tests, are booked in for their third consecutive wooden spoon – only a mathematical ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching vulture called Balthazar reveals a major conservation ...

The Renaissance of the '80s and '90s was a Disney golden age, with movies like The Lion King and The Little Mermaid ranking ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Researchers led by the University of Iowa have described and named a new crocodile species that roamed a region in Africa more than 3 million years ago. The species is named Lucy’s hunter, because it ...

A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big lump on its head preyed on man's ancestors three million years, ago, according to new research. Early humans - embodied by the iconic hominin Lucy - ...