Researchers documented the first spotted hyena in Egypt for 5,000 years after it was hit with a pickup truck for killing ...

When it comes to challenging stereotypes in the animal world, spotted hyenas are at the front and center. Long maligned in ...

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a ...

Researchers were shocked to find the first spotted hyena in Egypt in roughly 5,000 years. It was hit by a truck, though.

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The Crater became an indistinguishable blackness – filled with a vast silence that was only broken by alien calls – the whoops of hyenas on the hunt. Try to imagine something between a howl ...

with the researchers speculating that a rare weather phenomena opened up a migration corridor that allowed the predator to go beyond its usual hunting grounds. A stock photo of a spotted hyena ...

“In this case, hyenas are forced to hunt instead of scavenging for leftovers that have been left by other predators. This forces them to hunt on easily available things and since they lack the ...

During the Great Migration, whole clans will set out on hunting trips. Nothing much goes to waste when hyenas dine out. Hugely powerful jaws crack open all but the very largest bones, releasing ...

While smaller scavenging animals such as foxes and some bird species benefited from the presence of humans, large scavengers such as hyenas and ... "We assume that when hunting, early humans ...

A hyena attacked and killed two children before injuring five other people at Boru Haru village in Marsabit County. Kenya Wildlife Service rangers have since been mobilized to hunt down the beast ...

A pack of hyenas working together can hunt big prey such as young rhinos, wildebeest and zebras, according to San Diego Zoo. However, hyenas are very versatile carnivores, capable of hunting alone ...