Though hyena fossils have been found in North America ... their significance wasn’t fully realized until now. “They’ve been sitting, gathering dust in the Canadian Museum of Nature in ...

Hyenas are incredibly attentive mothers ... (Pictured: Denis Mollel and Louis Labrom) We spent countless hours sitting in that pitch darkness, using thermal scopes to search for signs of activity.

Unlike the three other species in the family Hyaenidae, spotted hyenas are expert hunters. They do scavenge sometimes, but — contrary to popular belief — spotted hyenas catch about 95 percent ...

The king of the jungle, you might say? Nope. We’re talking about the hyena. “The visceral reaction any time I tell someone I’m working with hyenas is, Ew gross, why?” That’s because ...

Getting between a female hyena and her cubs at chow time is no laughing matter -- especially for males. Females rule among spotted hyenas, making them rare among mammals and unique among carnivores.