Biologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens w

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Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its int

Sixteen stories in three sections: war, armistice and peace. In A Boy and His Dog, set during the Vietnam War, a soldier analyzes his feelings for his dog when

In this seminal study, Hans Kruuk redefines the image of the spotted hyena, not as a common scavenger, but as a complex matriarchal predator with links to human