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

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

the study highlights the predator’s role at the top of the food chain. While our monkey-like ancestors evolved, Bastetodon thrived as an apex predator. Palaeontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator ... at the top of the food chain during the Oligocene ...

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain ... grapple with what caused the apex predator to go extinct.

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

Not surprisingly, when it comes to what animal has the strongest bite force, nature’s strongest jaws often belong to apex predators who sit comfortably atop the food chain. But collecting hard ...

A leopard-sized “fearsome” predator that hunted early elephants 30 million years ago has been identified following the discovery of a near-complete skull. The find in the Egyptian desert has led ...

These apex predators thrived after the dinosaurs went extinct, but would eventually meet their own untimely end. Now, a team of scientists combing through the desert in present-day Fayum ...