A clan of hyenas surrounded a young male lion feasting on a live buffalo in South Africa, and two of the scavengers bit the apex predator’s tail to disengage him from the quarry. (Watch the video ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

A safari guide in Sabi Sands of Kruger National Park in South Africa captured remarkable footage of a hyena that somehow managed to escape the grip of a lion. "I was responding to a leopard on a kill ...

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 ...

The death of a lion in Kenya’s picturesque savannas rarely tugs at people’s hearts, even in a country where wildlife tourism is a key pillar of the nation’s economy. But when one of the most tracked ...

Cheetahs in the Serengeti National Park adopt different strategies while eating to deal with threats from top predators such as lions or hyenas. A new study in Springer's journal Behavioral Ecology ...

Cheetahs in Serengeti National Park adopt different strategies while eating to deal with threats from top predators, such as lions or hyenas. A new study, published in Springer’s journal, Behavioral ...