With one of the strongest bite forces recorded among land mammals, the spotted hyena can crush bones using its powerful jaws. Living in complex social groups across the African savanna, these animals ...

Biomechanical research across two very different lineages of predators, spotted hyenas and crocodilians, is revealing how skull architecture and jaw mechanics produce some of the most extreme ...

From an evolutionary standpoint, it’s ruthlessly efficient. The queen collects sperm from multiple drones in one flight, stores it for years, and then spends her life laying up to 2,000 eggs a day.