The Pittsford Central School District is marking the 25th anniversary of its annual Rainbow Classic basketball games. Three police officers shot in Rochester's 19th Ward Three police officers were ...

Foundations of complex language have been found in colonies of unusual furry animals called hyraxes. Hyraxes, which resemble rodents but are more closely related to elephants or manatees, often cluck, ...

There are three members of the Procaviidae or hyrax family: the rock hyrax, tree hyrax, and bush or yellow-spotted hyrax. While the rock hyrax looks like a large guinea pig or a rabbit with rounded, ...

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 ...

If you're going to take the trouble to sing a song about how great you are, you probably want to make sure others are listening. It seems this is what male rock hyraxes do: they try harder to give a ...

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 ...

The latest paleontological discovery has come in an unexpected form: a 126,000-year-old buttock-drag track found in South Africa. According to a new study in Ichnos, the track was likely made by 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, ...

The first animal to live in the Seneca Park Zoo's new Animals of Savannah expansion has arrived in Rochester. A female rock hyrax will be joined later this spring by a male rock hyrax, according to ...

Learn about a new world’s first: a South African rock hyrax that scooted its way into the fossil record and is highlighting the importance of paleoichnology. The latest paleontological discovery has ...