In ancient Egypt, hyenas were domesticated, fattened and eaten. Some cultures, on the other hand, exploited hyena body parts not only for food but also for medicine. In contrast, the hyena today is ...

Only a few million years ago, Hyenas lived very different lives from what we know today. Hyenas weren’t always able to eat bones. In fact, only a few million years ago, they lived very different lives ...

Scientists have reported a sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt—the first such encounter recorded in a whopping 5,000 years. "My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos ...

"So many vaginas, such a short life," says one biologist in a raucous new book on the diversity of females in the animal kingdom. The hyena, for example, uses her 8-inch clitoral tube to pee, copulate ...

Four rival families - leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions - all fight to claim a remote Zambian paradise as their home. Who ...

The striking image earned South African photographer Wim van den Heever the Natural History Museum in London's top honor Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the ...

I never thought I'd say that a hyena was cute, but after seeing this video that Sydney Zoo shared of their baby hyena's first three months of life, I guess I've changed my mind! The zoo shared the ...