Hyenas are known for their vocalisations, which include a range of sounds from growls and grunts to their famous "laugh”. This laughter is used to communicate social status, signal distress, or ...

An example of the hyena sounds studied can be heard here on SoundCloud. In its search for vocal signatures, the team turned to what's known as a random forest model.

It may sound surprising, but groups of hyenas will sometimes take on animals much larger than themselves, even lions. Although usually, the lion is not a full-grown male, but rather a younger lion ...

Typically those sounds will bring in quite a lot of hyenas, but this time, for whatever reason, it only brought in one hyena, and that one hyena happened to be Smiley.

The hyenas were still trying to defend themselves but they were outnumbered. After a few bites and snarls, ... We could also hear the high-pitched chirping sounds of the wild dogs, ...

Hyenas from the same clan did not sound similar enough to identify the caller’s group membership from voice alone. This means hyenas must be able to remember the voices of their group mates, an ...