Some wild animals are relatively easy to study. Certain penguin populations, for instance, are so unaccustomed to large predators that they barely fear humans and will often wander right up to ...

The story behind the award-winning photo of an elusive brown hyena bringing new life to the Namib Desert. At night, the long-abandoned diamond mining town of Kolmanskop is almost empty. The tourists ...

When you think of a hyena, you make think of their signature laughter. But not all hyenas laugh. In fact, their laughter is actually a vocalization of distress, often used to signal threats or attacks ...

South African photographer Wim van den Heever says it took him ten years to finally photograph the rare and elusive brown hyena in Namibia's abandoned mining town of Kolmanskop. Brown hyenas are the ...

Namibia's brown hyenas live in small clans but often travel and hunt alone. Thorsten Milse/robertharding/Getty Images Some wild animals are relatively easy to study. Certain penguin populations, for ...

The hyena, a creature often misunderstood and criticised in today’s culture, is one of the most intriguing animals in Africa. Known for its distinctive laugh-like call and its role as a scavenger, the ...

Scientists are working on a machine learning tool that could, one day, identify individual animals from photographs of their footprints. By Ryan Truscott / Hakai Magazine Published Aug 21, 2024 8:09 ...

A safari guide at Sanbona Wildlife Reserve in South Africa took a chance by leaving a hippo he had found for his clients to potentially view a lion stalking a hyena, an encounter he had been waiting ...

It took ten years for Wim van den Heever to capture his perfect shot. After noticing paw prints and scat in an abandoned mining town along the coast of southern Namibia, he saw an opportunity to snap ...

Hyenas often seem similar to cats and dogs in various aspects. For instance, just like dogs, hyenas have sharp night vision and use their powerful jaws and teeth to catch prey. Also, hyenas usually ...

(CNN) — An image of a rare hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Shot by South African ...