Decades ago, the surest sign that Christmastime had arrived were when the cartoons hit television. Seeing claymation Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown and his sad little tree, even the mean old ...

They are known to confront and intimidate much larger predators, including lions and hyenas. This audacity is partly due to their incredibly thick, loose skin, which provides significant ...

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The only other large carnivore with black stripes and a yellow base is the Striped Hyena. With a stocky build, long legs, a pointy face, and even pointier ears, striped hyenas offer a completely ...

Born Free has long been devoted to hyenas – such complex, family animals who play a key environmental role, yet frequently misunderstood and unfairly maligned. Thanks to an important new alliance, we ...

Lol, they were such jerks that they let Valiant fall.. to his doom. Then, "Lena Hyena" technically saved him, and gives him a yucky kiss. She chases him down but Valiant manages to trick her into ...

The Taipei Zoo on Saturday said it would pursue legal action against a man who was filmed climbing over a railing to tease and feed spotted hyenas in their enclosure earlier that day. In videos ...

Had I proposed earlier that we invite someone stranded to come with us to New York, Hugh would have said no. But now there was really no way for him to back out.