The spotted hyena is one of Africa’s fiercest predators. Armed with bone-crushing jaws and hunting in packs, few animals dare to challenge it. But there’s one small creature that refuses to back down.

With jaws that can crush bones and a digestive system that wastes almost nothing, hyenas are evolution’s cleanup crew and hunters rolled into one. Add in their tactical pack behavior, and they look ...

“One went for my leg and the other for my face and head,” Nicolas Hohls recalled. Twenty-seven-year-old Nicolas Hohls, of South Africa, was attending his pal’s bachelor party at Strydgewon Farm in ...