Some animals are essentially born into internet fame. Others, like the hyrax, quietly exist under the radar despite being objectively hilarious. If you’ve never heard of a hyrax, you’re not ...

A new species of tree hyrax has been described in west Africa. Hyraxes are a cuddly-looking group of small mammals that also happen to be the closest living relatives of elephants and manatees ...

For Scientific American 60-Second Science, I’m Maddie Bender. [The above text is a transcript of this podcast.] Hyrax audio recordings were made available courtesy of Simon Bearder.

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 ...

The latest animals to join Brevard Zoo’s animal family are two rock hyrax pups, born April 11. Zookeepers named the male, Gnocchi, and female, Hashbrown, for their potato-like appearance, a news ...