The largest lion pride in the country opened to the public at Busch Gardens in Tampa on Saturday.

Kevin Richardson gets unusually close to a spotted hyena while explaining why these animals are often misunderstood. The calm ...

Nature documentaries often paint the ‘hyena’ as the ultimate villain of the jungle who is a cowardly, cunning scavenger known only for its horrifying laugh. However, a new ‘scientific collaboration ...

Kevin Richardson explores how spotted hyenas use sound, scent, and body language to understand what is happening inside the ...

On her very first night at the reserve, Blumenfeld climbed into bed exhausted after a long journey, hoping for a good night’s sleep. Instead, she was jolted awake by a chorus of hyenas calling just ...

Robb Sapp plays Ed the Hyena as Disney's Tony Award-winning musical returns to the KeyBank State Theatre for a six-week run July 8-Aug. 16.

Most individuals assume that hyenas belong to the same family as wild dogs due to their appearances and hunting behaviour, not realising that hyenas are considered closer to cats than any other dog ...

The hyena, with its distinctive hunched back, powerful jaws, and eerie “laughing” call, has captivated human imagination across Africa for millennia. Far from being simple scavengers lurking at the ...

Every night, Abbas Yusuf crosses the ancient walls of the holy city of Harar, Ethiopia, and starts calling the animals by name. Kamariya, “like the moon.” Chaltu, “refined.” And his favorite, Jarjaraa ...

Spotted hyenas live in clans led by the females of the group. Spotted hyenas in Ethiopian cities act as informal sanitation workers, removing large amounts of organic waste each night. By consuming ...

Spotted hyena clans flip the script on mammalian power: here, dominance is inherited, alliances matter most and females rule every level of society. Many social carnivores follow male-dominant scripts ...

Ethiopian cities, such as Mekelle, are producing more meat waste than ever before. Such waste is expensive to dispose of and produces carbon as it decomposes Scavenging animals such as hyenas act as ...