As night falls over the ancient walled city of Harar, something unusual happens just beyond the gates. One by one, wild ...

We may not regard hyenas as the most adorable animals, but they are both fascinating and impressive. Despite having the appearance of a rather thin and scruffy dog, they belong to the Feliformia ...

Reporting from Harar, Ethiopia — Here in this medieval city in eastern Ethiopia, the humans and the hyenas are living in peace. The truce began two centuries ago (or so the story goes) during a time ...

HARAR, Ethiopia | Morgeta Olemaria whooped and giggled as he tossed slabs of raw goat meat out of the basket in his lap. About a dozen wild hyenas surrounded him, each anxious to snap up the next ...

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 ...

Hyenas are frequently vilified and often feared. Hemingway once described the hyena as a stinking, foul devourer of the dead, with jaws that crack the bones the lion leaves. But a new study concludes ...

Hyenas aren’t the most popular animals. Sometimes they kill people’s livestock. They are also thought of as scavengers, with some unappealing eating behaviour. Then there’s their cackling “laugh” and ...

This is the nerve-wracking moment a zoo visitor leaned into an enclosure to feed spotted hyenas. The reckless man extended his arm to share a snack with the predators at Taipei Municipal Zoo in Taiwan ...

In the African Journey at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, you’ll find two spotted hyenas, Grubby and Askari. This breed of hyena is more commonly referred to as the “laughing hyena,” but unlike those ...