A striking wildlife post gives cheetahs some overdue credit while also showing the brutal realities of life on the savanna.

Hyenas and wolves, though different, are intelligent carnivores relying on cooperation. Wolves are endurance specialists ...

If you watch nature documentaries, they often paint the hyena as the ultimate villain of the animal kingdom, a cowardly, ...

Recent research by Michigan State University doctoral student Jennifer Smith has shed new light on the way spotted hyenas live together and – more importantly – hunt for their food alone. In a paper ...

Across the African savannah, predators are often grouped in the public imagination. Hyenas and African wild dogs are a good example. Both hunt in groups, both move constantly across huge territories, ...

While spotted hyenas know the value of living together in large, cooperative societies, they also realize that venturing on their own now and then to hunt for food is often the key to their survival.