When Risto Miikkulainen and Padmini Rajagopalan simulated hyenas forming mobs to steal prey from lions, they found something surprising. Evolutionary biologists never have enough time. Some of the ...
Three spotted hyenas surround a lioness. Credit: Brittany Gunther, available under a CC BY 4.0 DEED license. After more than 35 years of surveillance, Michigan State University researchers are ...
Cooperative behaviour involves a trade-off between risks and rewards, and can provide benefits that are available only because of group action. Individual spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) can join a ...
In the wide-open savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, lions and hyenas are rarely far from each other. They share much of the same territory, hunt the same prey, and seem to constantly be sizing each other ...
Research reveals strong social relationships make hyenas more likely to team up against lions, even when there's no obvious benefit. After more than 35 years of surveillance, Michigan State University ...
Three spotted hyenas surround a lioness. Michigan State University researchers have shown that social bonds between hyenas make the animals more likely to form mobs and attack lions. After more than ...
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