BELVIDERE — Happy news has come for the new parents at the Summerfield Zoo in Belvidere this winter. The spotted hyena pair, Bonsai and Kimari are now parents to a litter of the spotted hyena cubs.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo announced the birth of two hyena cubs this past Friday evening. The zoo said the cubs’ mother, Pili, is doing well and has taken on her mothering role ...

In most mammals, males disperse to a new group after reaching sexual maturity. Dispersal often entails costs and is risky. New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group -- ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - For the third time in three years, the keepers of the hyena exhibit at the Hattiesburg Zoo are handing out cigars. The zoo announced Wednesday that a hyena cub was born ...

Richard Yarnell is an Associate Professor in ecology at Nottingham Trent University and a member of the IUCN Hyaena Species Specialist Group. Of all the world’s great natural predators, hyenas are ...

Hyenas often seem similar to cats and dogs in various aspects. For instance, just like dogs, hyenas have sharp night vision and use their powerful jaws and teeth to catch prey. Also, hyenas usually ...

In hyena societies, demographic processes -- not status seeking -- account for the majority of hierarchy dynamics and cause an on-average lifetime decline in social hierarchy position. In some ...