After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

but also it provides us with new traits to know more about this extinct group of carnivorous animals." The researchers named the leopard-size species Bastetodon syrtos as a nod to the cat-headed ...

Archaeologists uncovered a fossilized skull of an ancient sharp-toothed predator that likely hunted early elephants and primates.

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A PETA investigation finds camels and horses used at Giza violently beaten, malnourished, exhausted and bodies dumped in trash sites.

Fatima Naoot, an Egyptian secular writer ... During the Eid al-Adha celebrations, domestic animals are sacrificed as a symbol of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son.

“We can frankly say that Bastetodon was the king of the ancient Egyptian forest,” Ashqar ... fewer carnivores in an ecosystem than other animals such as herbivores. (For instance, you ...