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, long thought extinct in southern Egypt, seems to have returned after over 5,000 years, a scientist has ...

KANO, Nigeria — 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 ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting the ...

For the first time, Chippewa Falls’ Irvine Park Zoo will have hyenas. The hyenas, dog-like carnivores native to Africa and parts of Asia, will make a new home where the cougars previously were on the ...

Two spotted hyenas have been introduced to the Kilimanjaro Safaris savanna at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, according to Disney Parks Blog. The hyenas were first introduced to the savanna last ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Sad news is being reported out of the Hattiesburg Zoo. On Thursday, the zoo announced the death of the second-born hyena cub from mom, Pili. The birth of the clubs was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...