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

The humble hyena is often depicted as dim-witted, but as the scientific facts would show, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Despite the negative connotations that are associated with hyenas, ...

In ancient Egypt, hyenas were domesticated, fattened and eaten. Some cultures, on the other hand, exploited hyena body parts not only for food but also for medicine. In contrast, the hyena today is ...

Only a few million years ago, Hyenas lived very different lives from what we know today. Hyenas weren’t always able to eat bones. In fact, only a few million years ago, they lived very different lives ...