With nearly a third of the world population living under some sort of shelter-in-place guidelines, many are struggling to figure out how to deal with extreme isolation. CNN’s Inside Africa spoke with ...

In hyena societies, demographic processes -- not status seeking -- account for the majority of hierarchy dynamics and cause an on-average lifetime decline in social hierarchy position. In some ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) - A spotted hyena that lived for 20 years at the Seneca Park Zoo died over the weekend. Seneca Park Zoo officials said the hyena, whose name was Lou, died Saturday at the age of ...

It is dusk when Kim Wolhuter parks his battered Toyota off-road vehicle a few metres from a hyena den. The sun has just disappeared behind the acacias, a blood-red ball, and the day's heat is ...

New hyenas arrive at the San Antonio Zoo. (San Antonio Zoo) SAN ANTONIO – Two spotted hyenas have officially made their debut at the San Antonio Zoo. Zoo officials announced the hyenas' arrival on ...

In most mammals, males disperse to a new group after reaching sexual maturity. Dispersal often entails costs and is risky. New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group -- ...

A father and son on safari in South Africa captured a heart-pounding moment when a curious spotted hyena crossed paths with two fierce cheetahs. The sighting was captured on camera by Hanno Erlmann ...

Hyenas might be the most misunderstood animal – Are they dogs? Big cats? Evil, trouble-making sidekicks? (Thanks, Lion King!) Dr. Christine Wilkinson relates to this ambiguous perception as a ...

The animals help redistribute calcium and phosphorous by crunching bones. This is an Inside Science story. The crushing jaws of hyenas may act as a kind of nutrient blender, grinding out calcium and ...

When a leopard cub got chased by a hungry hyena in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, it looked like curtains. (Watch the video below.) The cub was left alone by its mother in a bush at South Africa ...

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