HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - For the third time in three years, the keepers of the hyena exhibit at the Hattiesburg Zoo are handing out cigars. The zoo announced Wednesday that a hyena cub was born ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo announced the birth of two hyena cubs this past Friday evening. The zoo said the cubs’ mother, Pili, is doing well and has taken on her mothering role ...

Just a year after her arrival at Hattiesburg Zoo, spotted hyena Pili has given birth to what is believed the only surviving hyena cub born in North America this year. “We are thrilled with the birth ...

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 ...

Hattiesburg Zoo held a gender reveal for one of its newest inhabitants, a spotted hyena. It took nearly an hour for mom Pili to pull the rope that released the blue confetti. Wild animals are ...

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 ...

In most mammals, males disperse to a new group after reaching sexual maturity. Dispersal often entails costs and is risky. New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group -- ...

In hyena societies, demographic processes -- not status seeking -- account for the majority of hierarchy dynamics and cause an on-average lifetime decline in social hierarchy position. In some ...

Imagine the hyena, with its off-kilter legs and punk-rock mane. With a jutting neck and a shrieking laugh, the hyena of folklore robs graves and snatches children. They are the antagonist to a lion’s ...