Captive hyenas are much more successful problem solvers than their wild counterparts, a new study has found. The research illustrates how lessons learned from caged animals, which tend to be more ...

There are many types of hyenas and a couple of hands full of wild dogs. But today we’re focusing on the most prominent of the lot: the sly spotted hyena vs. the ruthless African wild dog. Do they have ...

Where Did This Video Take Place? The video was posted by the Pondoro Game Lodge, which is a luxury safari lodge located within the Balule Nature Reserve and the Greater Kruger National Park of South ...

With nearly a third of the world population living under some sort of shelter-in-place guidelines, many are struggling to figure out how to deal with extreme isolation. CNN’s Inside Africa spoke with ...

Hyenas are one of the most misunderstood mammals in the wild. They are often seen as dim-witted scavengers who feast only on the carcasses left over by other predators. But in reality, these dog-like ...

As a field biologist/ethologist at heart, I'm always looking for creative field studies that focus on cognitive skills that typically are studied in controlled laboratory environments. Thus, I was ...

Hyenas might be the most misunderstood animal – Are they dogs? Big cats? Evil, trouble-making sidekicks? (Thanks, Lion King!) Dr. Christine Wilkinson relates to this ambiguous perception as a ...

In our fourth weekly Kingdom quiz, we shine a spotlight on Storm, the strong leader of the wild dog pack, and her biggest ...

A pack of wild hyenas pulled a sleeping elderly man from his bed and mauled him to death in Africa. The victim, 87-year-old Tendai Maseka, was attacked as he slept in a hut in the rural region of ...