The post Documentaries Got It Backwards: Lions Are the Ones Trailing Hyenas appeared first on A-Z Animals. Anyone who's watched a nature documentary about African animals has likely seen two of the ...

Nancy Barker, an ecologist at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and lead author of a new study, had observed behaviour that did not fit this explanation while studying brown hyenas during her Master's.

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Among people, it is common knowledge that privilege is often inherited. But according to new findings, hyenas also inherit resources and status, and not just their forebears’ genes, from their parents ...

Wildlife biologists tracking lions and spotted hyenas in Southern Africa have found evidence that challenges a long-held belief about how the two predators interact. Instead of hyenas mainly following ...

Lions track rival hyenas in the wild - rather than the other way round, reveals new research. Scientists used GPS tracking technology to reveal what happens beyond human eyes deep in the bush during ...

As it turns out, hyenas don't want anything to do with lions—if anything, it's the lions that won't leave the hyenas alone. Reading time 3 minutes While watching lions and hyenas out in the field, ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Rolling Hills Zoo in Salina announced the birth of its first spotted hyena cub, born last Thursday, Sept. 3 It is the first offspring for both mom Maxi and dad Kito. Maxi, born ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The Hattiesburg Zoo announced the name of its male spotted hyena cub that was born on June 7, 2026, to mother Pili and father Niru. The cub’s name is Tukio (pronounced ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Gus Mills spent more than four decades studying hyenas, wild dogs, cheetahs, and other African carnivores. After struggling in school, he found his ...