A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has been found in South Eastern Egypt, the first recorded instance of the creature in this region for thousands of years. The lone individual was caught and ...

A spotted hyena has been reported in Egypt for the first time in thousands of years after it ventured far beyond its normal range. The hyena then ate two goats and was swiftly killed by humans in ...

A spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has been documented in Egypt for the first time in over 5,000 years. This lone individual was caught and killed by locals in the Elba Protected Area, a remote region ...

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 ...

The sighting took place some 500km north of the known range of spotted hyena in neighbouring Sudan. The researchers theorized that a regional, decadal weather cycle, part of the Active Red Sea ...

Scientists have reported a Spotted hyena sighting in southeastern Egypt, which would be the first time this has happened in 5,000 years. Credit: Hans De Bisschop – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr.

Scientists are in disbelief following the reported sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt, which is said to be the first encounter of the animal in the country in around 5,000 years. The ...

Scientists have reported a sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt—the first such encounter recorded in a whopping 5,000 years. "My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the ...