Kevin Richardson visits Gina’s spotted hyena clan and reveals how intense their social hierarchy can be. Behind their playful ...

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—and ...

Social networks among animals are critical to various aspects of their lives, including reproductive success and survival, and could even teach us more about human relationships. Dr. Amiyaal Ilany, a ...

Spotted hyenas adjust to a decreased presence of migratory prey in their territories induced by climate change. Researchers investigated the relationship between rainfall volume and migratory ...

DENVER — Three baby spotted hyenas arrived at the Denver Zoo this week. The trio came to Denver to start a new clan. Kelele, a male born June 26 arrived Thursday from the Buffalo Zoo. Two females that ...

Spotted hyenas seem to be adapting to changing rainfall patterns affecting their preferred prey in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. In the past decade, migratory herds have been arriving later than ...