Giant hyenas went extinct about 500,000 years ago, but were roughly 240 pounds and skilled scavengers like their modern counterparts. “There is a hot scientific debate about the role of scavenging as ...

Prehistoric humans may have been capable of competing with giant hyenas for carcasses abandoned by saber-toothed cats and jaguars hundreds of thousands of years ago. A study published in the journal ...

Hominins — the group that includes humans and our extinct relatives — may have been capable of competing with giant hyenas for carcasses abandoned by sabre-toothed cats and jaguars during the ...

Around 1.4 million years ago, ancient humans in Spain used to scavenge for food at a site that also served as a latrine for giant hyenas. Fuente Nueva 3 in south-eastern Spain is one of the oldest ...

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across West Africa. Yet in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, the famously spotted feline appears to be doing rather well—surprisingly, given the reserve ...

A team of researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) analyzed teeth fossils from ancient predators to see what they preyed on during the Pleistocene epoch. The team found that ...

There was panic in Nekede community, Owerri, Imo State, when a giant hyena escaped from the Imo State Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park. The animal was recaptured by wildlife experts about six hours ...