Africa is home to a diverse array of fascinating lifeforms, including hyenas and wild dogs. Many people confuse the wild dog with a hyena, but the two predators are very different in terms of their ...

Spotted hyena clans flip the script on mammalian power: here, dominance is inherited, alliances matter most and females rule every level of society.

There are many types of hyenas and a couple of hands full of wild dogs. But today we’re focusing on the most prominent of the lot: the sly spotted hyena vs. the ruthless African wild dog. Do they have ...

Captive hyenas are much more successful problem solvers than their wild counterparts, a new study has found. The research illustrates how lessons learned from caged animals, which tend to be more ...

Where Did This Video Take Place? The video was posted by the Pondoro Game Lodge, which is a luxury safari lodge located within the Balule Nature Reserve and the Greater Kruger National Park of South ...

With nearly a third of the world population living under some sort of shelter-in-place guidelines, many are struggling to figure out how to deal with extreme isolation. CNN’s Inside Africa spoke with ...

Some kids adore horses — this tot loves hyenas. Two-year-old Kiki Wolhuter, of Zimbabwe, is a lifelong fan of the smiling, carnivorous mammals. The child’s parents introduced her to the predators when ...

Hyenas might be the most misunderstood animal – Are they dogs? Big cats? Evil, trouble-making sidekicks? (Thanks, Lion King!) Dr. Christine Wilkinson relates to this ambiguous perception as a ...

As a field biologist/ethologist at heart, I'm always looking for creative field studies that focus on cognitive skills that typically are studied in controlled laboratory environments. Thus, I was ...

It’s safe to say that hyenas don’t have many friends throughout the animal kingdom. These creatures are known for stealing ...