It may sound surprising, but groups of hyenas will sometimes take on animals much larger than themselves, even lions.

Hyenas live in social groups — clans — but they are structured very differently to a lion pride. A clan can have as many as 50 members, headed by a female. As with elephants, this alpha female ...

Spotted hyenas sometimes scavenge, but, contrary to popular belief, they kill 95 percent of their food. As hunters, alone or in groups, they equal leopards, cheetahs and lions. Yet the lion is ...

Throughout the ages spotted hyenas ... a clan) has a hierarchy, with males who have joined the clan at the bottom and an alpha female, or queen at the top. Her position affords her the lion ...

30 Hyenas Attempted to Attack an Adult Male Lion In a fascinating video posted on the YouTube channel, Robert John, a large male lion can be seen with a group of about 30 hyenas circling and ...