And when those vocalisations were compared to calls from related animals, it suggested this hyrax is a new species. Hyraxes can produce loud screams that reach over 100 decibels, ...

The other idea was that the hyrax calls to show to females and males of his kind that he is highly capable. This principle (invented by Israeli biologist Amotz Zahavi) claims that behaviors that ...

Most hyraxes live in central Africa, southern Africa and parts of the Middle East. In Israel the rock hyrax is a pekingese-dog-size species, called Procavia capensis, which dominates the craggy ...

RPE refers to your perceived exertion — how hard you work during exercise on a scale from 0 to 10. It’s most popular with exercise styles like endurance training or HIIT, where the exerciser ...

What is the land animal most closely related to the elephant? It’s the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), a small furry mammal that lives in rocky landscapes across sub-Saharan Africa and along the ...

Hyraxes, being shy, don’t transmit the disease through contact with humans, nor does it pass from person to person. The culprits are the sandflies that first sting hyraxes, then seek nourishment ...

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.

While the hyrax might look like a guinea pig, the African Wildlife Foundation reports that the little cuties are one of the elephant's closest living relatives, along with the manatee.