Last time, I talked about some of the myth conceptions related to the hyena. I pointed out that they are much closer to the cat family than to the dog family. I also dispelled the myth that they have ...

This is the moment a quick-thinking kudu tricked his way out of a hyena ambush by losing himself in a herd of zebra. The lone bull greater kudu - which is a large species of antelope - had been ...

DAVID LEVIN: You're listening to a NOVA podcast. I'm David Levin. What makes an animal species intelligent? Is it tool use? Complex communication? Well, intelligence is kind of a slippery beast, and ...

One tool that we used a lot on the hyena film was a 5 axis gimbal stabilised camera rig, mounted onto a Land Rover. It was useful for a lot of shots, but can come into its own during a hunt scenario, ...

Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) could show chimpanzees a thing or two about working together, according to a new study. Hyenas, prodigious hunters, pull down prey together. Christine M. Drea, an ...

Zebras may not be nearly as sneaky as some people thought. A study casts doubt on the idea that those magnificent stripes are used to hide the horse-like creatures from predators. Freelance writer ...

THIS is the bone-chilling moment a hyena emerges from the bushes holding a severed zebra's head. In one image, the spotted hyena is covered in blood and looks worn down while holding the zebra’s ...

Breaking down a hyena kill. Given competition with other carnivores, prehistoric hyenas (like their living counterparts) would probably have disarticulated and transported parts of horses they killed.

For as long as there have been lions and spotted hyenas, the carnivores have competed with each other. The gore-flecked conflicts over carcasses on the African grassland are just the latest skirmishes ...

Contrary to the century-old notion that stripes seen on zebras offer certain kind of camouflaging protection against predators, a study has found that zebra stripes are quite unlikely to do so. The ...