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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The extraordinary discovery of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Egypt after 5,000 years of being assumed extinct in the country serves as a high point of evolution and an anomaly in its own ...

Climatic factors, changing livestock grazing and human activity in the area may have supported an ill-fated odyssey “My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos and videos of the ...

“My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos and videos of the remains,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Adbullah Nagy from Al-Azhar University, Egypt. “Seeing the evidence, I was ...

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 ...