Julia Hellweg, a wildlife caretaker in Zimbabwe, faced the challenge of a lifetime when she was tasked with raising an orphaned hyena named Atlas. After the baby hyena’s mother failed to prepare a ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - For the third time in three years, the keepers of the hyena exhibit at the Hattiesburg Zoo are handing out cigars. The zoo announced Wednesday that a hyena cub was born ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo’s newest hyena cub is turning a month old. Zookeepers say the newcomer has integrated well into the outdoor exhibit with its mom and older sibling, and ...

A female striped hyena, which was critically injured in a road accident while pregnant, has been successfully treated and ...