Hyenas will follow wild dogs that are chasing prey, then move in after the kill, robbing the dogs of their prize. African wild dogs, however, behave like a superorganism.

Researchers attached a GPS device to some lions and hyenas and monitored their activity for eight years to understand what ...

However, hyenas are more likely to scavenge, while wild dogs tend to hunt fresh prey. Both wild dogs and hyenas have similar hunting strategies and will hunt cooperatively as a group.

Hyenas’ teeth and powerful jaws—among the strongest of any mammal—enable them to hunt a wide range of prey and eat as much of it as possible, even the hardest bones.

Hyenas are kleptoparasites that regularly steal the prey of other carnivores -- including leopards.

Hyenas are generalist predators (and scavengers) with a broad range of prey species. They are known for hunting (or scavenging) larger mammals such as antelopes and occasionally feed on smaller ...

Only a few million years ago, Hyenas lived very different lives from what we know today.