Maddie Bender: This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I’m Maddie Bender. Take a walk in the woods after dark, and you might hear crickets chirping or frogs ribbiting. But there’s a sound you ...

By Ryan Truscott Despite their name, tree hyraxes — small, furry, nocturnal African mammals — don’t always live in trees. In ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A new species of tree hyrax has been described in west Africa ...

A research team from the University of Helsinki has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may belong to a species previously unknown to science. The discovery, which was part of a ...

June 14 (UPI) --The novel nighttime barking of several tree hyrax populations in West and Central Africa first alerted scientists that the region's forests might host a unique, yet-named species. Now, ...

Tree hyraxes don’t look like elephants. They are furry, they can climb trees and they weigh only around 3 kilograms. Yet these mammals, which live in African tropical forests, are among the closest ...

Ostrava, North Moravia, Feb 28 (CTK) – The world’s first young of the rare western tree hyrax was born in captivity in the Ostrava zoo on February 18, zoo spokeswoman Sarka Novakova has told CTK. The ...