The striped hyena is the smallest of the hyena subspecies and the only one found outside Africa. Unlike its larger spotted ...

The photo was taken in the abandoned mining settlement of Kolmanskop, ten kilometers inland from the southern Namibian port ...

The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert.

Elise Huchard receives funding from CNRS and the French Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR). Nikos Smit does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Spend a night in the African bush and you can hear them calling, just out beyond the edges of your camp. Like the howls of dogs with an edge of malice and mischief, a hyena’s calls spark curiosity in ...

Do you know what it means to “show your true colors”? Showing your true colors means showing your true character: what you’re really like way deep down. We’re about to meet a mean-hearted animal who ...

The Masai Mara is returning to WildEarth. From September 2nd, WildEarth will be broadcasting a Mara feed into the SafariLIVE Sunset and Sunrise shows. Then, from October 1st, this will expand this to ...

Hyenas in the modern day are very capable predators that, despite their close association with scavenging, are capable of warding off attacks from adult lions. The most widespread and formidable ...

Artist illustration of a pack of Borophagus secundus Wang et al., May 2018. Adapted from Wang et al., 2008: figure 5.4 and with permission for reproduction by Mauricio Antón under CC By 4.0 Long ...

Scavengers like turkey vultures remove millions of tons of waste each year by consuming carrion. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scavengers are in trouble—and their decline could be harmful to human ...