Kevin Richardson visits Gina’s spotted hyena clan and reveals how intense their social hierarchy can be. Behind their playful ...

Spotted hyenas live in hierarchically organized groups (clans). An individual's dominance over another determines priority access to resources such as food or mating partners, and thus reproductive ...

Contrary to how they’re portrayed in popular culture, spotted hyenas are not only highly social but also masters of ...

Kevin Richardson explores how spotted hyenas use sound, scent, and body language to understand what is happening inside the clan. Their famous giggle is often misunderstood, because it can signal ...

In mammals, males are usually stronger and more competitive than females. Males also show greater inequality in reproductive success—the number of offspring they produce—than females. In spotted ...

Spotted hyena clans flip the script on mammalian power: here, dominance is inherited, alliances matter most and females rule every level of society. Many social carnivores follow male-dominant scripts ...