We may not regard hyenas as the most adorable animals, but they are both fascinating and impressive. Despite having the appearance of a rather thin and scruffy dog, they belong to the Feliformia ...

Even if you're a well-trained scientist, sometimes you see something that leaves you breathless. For a team of ecology researchers, the February 2024 sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt ...

Biomechanical research across two very different lineages of predators, spotted hyenas and crocodilians, is revealing how ...

(Craig R. Smith) King crabs have come to the Antarctic shelf. Frigid water kept them away for millions of years, but now the region is warming up, says Craig Smith of the University of Hawaii, who ...

A very cute spotted hyena cub seen at a den near Olkiombo airstrip. As I don't know any official names for clans in the area I shall refer to this hyena clan as the Olkiombo clan until someone ...

Duan Biggs receives funding from Northern Arizona University and is a member of the IUCN (World Conservation Union). Alexander Richard Braczkowski and Arjun M. Gopalaswamy do not work for, consult, ...

Lions and hyenas are a familiar sight to tourists visiting Africa, with many looking forward to seeing them in person. But the animals may occasionally spend less time near roads crowded by humans, ...