Scientists have for the first time ever found “shocking” evidence of carnivorous behaviour in squirrels — hunting and eating voles in California. Ground squirrels are often seen stuffing their cheeks ...

The sighting of a striped hyena in Tuman Leghari, Pakistan, highlights the importance of protecting endangered species and enforcing hunting laws. The animal was spotted in the Koh-i-Sulaiman ...

Watch your nuts, killer squirrels have been spotted for the first time. A ground squirrel with cheeks stuffed with nuts, seeds or grains, is a common sight, but a new study provides the first evidence ...

Who’s stronger? A solitary leopard or a cackle of hyenas? And which is best at getting along with humans? “We humans continue eating our way into the little bit of wilderness left in the world. As we ...

The extraordinary discovery of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in Egypt after 5,000 years of being assumed extinct in the country serves as a high point of evolution and an anomaly in its own ...

The social status of female hyenas, which influences health and survival, can be partly inherited by their offspring. Sarah Benhaiem and colleagues from Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research ...

Who’s stronger? A solitary leopard or cackle of hyenas? And which is best at getting along with humans? University of Copenhagen researchers closely studied this in a large East African natural area ...