A nearly complete skull of the creature was found in the Egyptian desert. Its lineage indicates that it was a top carnivore ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

What has the body of a dog, the face of a cat and jaws powerful enough to potentially crush the bones of an elephant? Meet ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in Egypt has provided valuable insights into the ancient predator species known as hyaenodonts.

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve ...

Paleontologists have made an extraordinary discovery in one of Africa’s most important fossil sites, unearthing a new ancient ...

The Fayum region, now a desert, was once a lush forest teeming with diverse wildlife."Just when we were about to finish our ...

A nearly complete skull fossil found in Egypt has revealed a new species of Hyaenodonta, an apex carnivore that mysteriously went extinct about 25 million years ago.

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

A team led by paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar of Mansoura University and the American University in Egypt has given the ...