Females can afford to be choosier in their social relationships because of their higher ranking. They also remain in the same ...

Spotted hyenas are often portrayed in popular culture as chaotic scavengers ruled by aggressive females, yet decades of field research show that their social system is highly structured and stable.

The social status of female hyenas, which influences health and survival, can be partly inherited by their offspring. Sarah Benhaiem and colleagues from Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research ...

As a field biologist/ethologist at heart, I'm always looking for creative field studies that focus on cognitive skills that typically are studied in controlled laboratory environments. Thus, I was ...