An artist’s reconstruction of the Gansu hyena, perhaps a meat eater on its way to becoming an insect eater, like today’s aardwolf. Credit: Mick Ellison Of the hundred or so known species of ...

For conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by carnivores. Scientists from the Ngorongoro Hyena Project at the Leibniz ...

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 ...

Jan Zwilling Wissenschaftskommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. For conservation and the management of human-wildlife conflicts, it is of ...

As night falls over the ancient walled city of Harar, something unusual happens just beyond the gates. One by one, wild spotted hyenas slip out of the darkness, their powerful jaws and eerie calls ...