A team of scientists have discovered a new species of ancient creature, from a 30-million-year-old skull buried in the ...

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

A leopard-sized “fearsome” predator that hunted early elephants 30 million years ago has been identified following the ...

Bastetodon, a leopard-like apex predator, probably dined on early forms of primates, hippos, and elephants.

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

The species, known as Bastetodon and named for an Egyptian goddess, had sharp teeth and an incredibly powerful grip ...

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

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

Mansoura University announced on Monday that a research team from the university’s Vertebrate Paleontology Centre has ...

Scientists discovered Bastetodon, a 300-million-year-old predator in Egypt, revealing Africa's ancient apex carnivores before modern lions and hyenas emerged.

Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.