SAPPORO , Japan, Oct. 2 (UPI) --The Maruyama Zoo in Japan said zookeepers discovered repeated attempts to breed their two spotted hyenas were doomed from the start -- both animals are males.The ...

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Unlike what many think, hyenas have no genetic relations with dogs, and therefore aren’t a mix of two dog breeds. The Hyaenidae family comprises four distinct Hyena species.

Zookeepers in Japan have learned that--without a female--one plus one is always two, never three or more. Staff at Sapporo's Maruyama Zoo spent years trying to get two male hyenas to reproduce ...

New results from spotted hyenas show that males from the same birth group -- and particularly twin brothers -- very often disperse together and choose the same group to breed.

When a scientist received a video of a spotted hyena in the southern part of his country, he thought someone was playing a trick on him. By Darren Incorvaia The animal killed two goats belonging ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Hyena is ready to find a ‘furever’ home away from the Helping Hands Humane Society. Emi Griess stopped by Eye on Northeast Kansas to introduce us to this 11-week old ...

Hattiesburg Zoo welcomes baby spotted hyena, believed to be the only surviving cub born in North America this year. ... Hattiesburg Zoo brought in the hyenas in hopes they would breed.

Hyenas breed all year round, and the researchers expected to see the time that lactating females spent at their dens reduced as they spent longer on the trot in search of food to fuel their milk ...

A JAPANESE zoo spent two years trying to get a pair of “confrontational” hyenas to mate — before discovering they were both males.

Males that stay at home are not second-class males but can breed as successfully as their more adventurous competitors that leave home, a new long-term study on spotted hyenas shows.

In the African Journey at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, you’ll find two spotted hyenas, Grubby and Askari. This breed of hyena is more commonly referred to as the “laughing hyena,” but ...