Hippopotamuses are some of the largest creatures on earth and the deadliest animals in Africa. These territorial behemoths may look cute and cuddly (especially as babies), but they have an extremely ...

You may know them as Alvin’s little friends who love to sing in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks, but in reality, chipmunks really love to chirp and use their harmony to communicate with each other.

Newly discovered ancient apex predator had knife-sharp teeth and bone-crushing jaws. ... ID'd from a remarkably intact skull, roamed the lush forests of Egypt 30 million years ago.

Combined with sharp, knifelike teeth, the snout would have given the creature an extremely powerful bite, according to Ashqar. “We can frankly say that Bastetodon was the king of the ancient ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, but the entire lineage was wiped out about 25 million years ago, leaving ...