As dusk begins cloaking the Maasai Mara grasslands of southwestern Kenya, a spotted hyena slinks beneath the woody umbrella that is the acacia tree. The carnivore pauses, its rounded ears cocking ...

In ancient Egypt, hyenas were domesticated, fattened and eaten. Some cultures, on the other hand, exploited hyena body parts not only for food but also for medicine. In contrast, the hyena today is ...

Spotted hyenas giggling over an antelope spine. Courtesy BMC Ecology. For spotted hyenas, a laugh can speak volumes about an individual. Despite being portrayed as stupid scavengers who rely on the ...

Acoustic analysis of the 'giggle' sound made by spotted hyenas has revealed that the animals' laughter encodes information about age, dominance and identity. Researchers writing in the open access ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a hyena, you make think of their signature laughter. But not all hyenas laugh. In fact, their laughter is ...

The journey of a spotted hyena living at Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary near Bethlehem, is being used to challenge long-held myths about hyenas and to highlight their ecological importance.

To communicate with each other, hyenas smear pastelike secretions on grasses from a fist-size gland beneath their tails. Other hyenas that sample these leavings can sniff a wealth of information, ...

The humble hyena is often depicted as dim-witted, but as the scientific facts would show, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Despite the negative connotations that are associated with hyenas, ...

From its appearance, many would assume that the hyena is a relative of the coyote, the jackal, or even the domestic dog. After all, the hyena shares many similarities with these animals, as they are ...

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