THE volumes on mammals by Blandford in the first edition of “The Fauna of British India”, have long been out of date and the large amount of new material has called for a new edition.

Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing goats.

The spotted hyena’s cadaver in Elba Protected Area. Credit: Courtesy of the Author. Mammalia/De Gruyter Brill. Climatic conditions, shifts in livestock grazing, and human activities in the region may ...

“My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos and videos of the remains,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Adbullah Nagy from Al-Azhar University, Egypt. “Seeing the ...