Getting between a female hyena and her cubs at chow time is no laughing matter -- especially for males. Females rule among spotted hyenas, making them rare among mammals and unique among carnivores.

The latest chapter in a study of spotted hyenas reveals the burdens that the species’ unusual androgen hormones impose on females. In more typical mammals, males slosh around in a testosterone world, ...

Hattiesburg Zoo held a gender reveal for one of its newest inhabitants, a spotted hyena. It took nearly an hour for mom Pili to pull the rope that released the blue confetti. Wild animals are ...