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

The social status of female hyenas, which influences health and survival, can be partly inherited by their offspring. Sarah Benhaiem and colleagues from Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research ...

Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species. They are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller ...

Three spotted hyenas surround a lioness. Credit: Brittany Gunther, available under a CC BY 4.0 DEED license. After more than 35 years of surveillance, Michigan State University researchers are ...

A research consortium provides evidence that social behavior and social status are reflected at the molecular level of gene activation (epigenome) in juvenile and adult free-ranging spotted hyenas.

Spotted hyenas are among the most powerful predators in Africa, famous for their bone-crushing jaws and complex social clans.

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a trick on him. By Darren Incorvaia The animal killed two goats belonging to ...

Porcupines and warthogs are often prey for spotted hyenas, but the three species have now been observed bedding down together in the same dens in northern Kenya. Marc Dupuis-Désormeaux at York ...