Indiscriminate snaring for bushmeat hunting may have varying collateral effects on non-target species, ranging from mild injuries to death. Beyond immediate mortalities these effects are rarely ...

Hyenas are one of the few mammals in which females outweigh their male counterparts. A new study finds that this may be because the burliest hyena ladies live longer and have more pups. Subscribe to ...

Infectious diseases can substantially reduce the size of wildlife populations, thereby affecting both the dynamics of ecosystems and biodiversity. Predicting the long-term consequences of epidemics is ...

As a field biologist/ethologist at heart, I'm always looking for creative field studies that focus on cognitive skills that typically are studied in controlled laboratory environments. Thus, I was ...

Cackling down from the Berkeley Hills are 13 spotted hyenas — they form the only captive research hyena colony in the world — but these animals will soon need to find new homes in zoos and private ...