The researchers found lions and hyenas tended to avoid particularly crowded roads, especially during the dry season. Credit: Stephanie Periquet Pearce The researchers found lions and hyenas tended to ...

The extraordinary discovery of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Egypt after 5,000 years of being assumed extinct in the country serves as a high point of evolution and an anomaly in its own ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt... From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human ...

Lions and hyenas are a familiar sight to tourists visiting Africa, with many looking forward to seeing them in person. But the animals may occasionally spend less time near roads crowded by humans, ...

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a trick on him. By Darren Incorvaia The animal killed two goats belonging to ...

South African photographer Wim van den Heever was named the Natural History Museum in London's Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his eerie image of a brown hyena The shot, captured in an abandoned ...