Although the main prey of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), migratory ungulates such as blue wildebeest (Connochaetes ...

Few wild animals are as misunderstood as the hyena, and few have captured the human imagination quite like the wolf. One is often associated with the African savanna, the other with forests, mountains ...

Newswise — Although the main prey of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), migratory ungulates such as blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), now spend substantially less time within hyena territories ...

Spotted hyenas are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller mammals and reptiles. Being flexible in the choice of prey is a strategy of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Spotted hyenas seem to be adapting to changing rainfall patterns affecting their preferred prey in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. In the past ...

For conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by carnivores. Scientists from the Ngorongoro Hyena Project at the Leibniz ...

A herd of wildebeests were being chased by hyenas in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve when one wildebeest turned from the main herd and created its own escape route, albeit a very risky one.

The annual wildebeest migration has officially begun at the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The first herds crossed the Sand River from Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, marking the start of one of ...

Jan Zwilling Wissenschaftskommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. Climate change is transforming ecosystems and directly influencing the ...

Spotted hyenas seem to be adapting to changing rainfall patterns affecting their preferred prey in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. In the past decade, migratory herds have been arriving later than ...