As darkness falls across Harar, people gather to welcome the city’s carnivorous visitors and see them get their fill.

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 ...

Hyenas Scooter and Zawadi also enjoy liver smoothies and goat's milk mixed with peanut butter at Disney's Animal Kingdom Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

The spotted hyena is Africa's most successful predator—and one of its most misunderstood animals. But decades of cutting edge research is yielding greater understanding, respect, and protection. A ...

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 ...

Continent-wide in African folklore the hyena is depicted as a dull witted, easily duped creature-despite the fact that the hyena is also known as a cunning and dangerous predator. This article ...

A hyena may not be your average house pet, but in northern Nigeria some men keep the creatures in their homes, display them at festivals and even use their dung or saliva to make remedies. By Nneka ...

Scooter and Zawadi, a hyena pair living at Disney's Animal Kingdom, aren't the park's best-smelling duo or its most graceful, but the two are still treated like princesses. "They're actually very ...

Thanks to The Lion King—and random nature specials—we all know hyenas are snarly, creepy, and generally repulsive. To expand on that dark n’ twisted profile, archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia ...

The adult hyenas, who tested positive for the coronavirus, have so far exhibited mild symptoms of Covid, but they are believed to be “in good shape and improving,” a zoo spokesman said. By Víctor ...

The fluffy, spotted babies wrestle and lunge, spin and pounce. They’re still a little wobbly on their paws, and their furry baby-tails seem as flexible as rubber. They remind me of my darling border ...