THIS is the bone-chilling moment a hyena emerges from the bushes holding a severed zebra’s head. In one image, the spotted hyena is covered in blood and looks worn down while holding the zebra’s ...

Zebras may not be nearly as sneaky as some people thought. A study casts doubt on the idea that those magnificent stripes are used to hide the horse-like creatures from predators. Freelance writer ...

Comedy maestro Bill Bailey has a song about zebras, in which he casts their black and white stripes as a message of racial harmony. (“In a world of confusion/ We all need a sign/ If only we could live ...

Last time, I talked about some of the myth conceptions related to the hyena. I pointed out that they are much closer to the cat family than to the dog family. I also dispelled the myth that they have ...

DAVID LEVIN: You're listening to a NOVA podcast. I'm David Levin. What makes an animal species intelligent? Is it tool use? Complex communication? Well, intelligence is kind of a slippery beast, and ...

One tool that we used a lot on the hyena film was a 5 axis gimbal stabilised camera rig, mounted onto a Land Rover. It was useful for a lot of shots, but can come into its own during a hunt scenario, ...

Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) could show chimpanzees a thing or two about working together, according to a new study. Hyenas, prodigious hunters, pull down prey together. Christine M. Drea, an ...

The Rekero lionesses investigating an area far from their usual territory, where we would usually expect to see the Enkoyonai lion pride. Ther was a bit of activity including chasing zebra, and ...