South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image ...

Nicholas was still young when sibling rivalry became a real threat to his survival. In spotted hyena society, cubs can ...

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 ...

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Around 257,000 years ago, at least one of our ancient relatives became hyena lunch. Researchers studying fossilized hyena dung found in South Africa confirmed the presence of 48 strands of hair in one ...

The giggling sounds of a hyena contain important information about the animal's status, say scientists. In the first study to decipher the hyena's so-called "laugh", they have shown that the pitch of ...