Africa is home to a diverse array of fascinating lifeforms, including hyenas and wild dogs. Many people confuse the wild dog with a hyena, but the two predators are very different in terms of their ...

“One went for my leg and the other for my face and head,” Nicolas Hohls recalled. Twenty-seven-year-old Nicolas Hohls, of South Africa, was attending his pal’s bachelor party at Strydgewon Farm in ...

Cooperative behaviour involves a trade-off between risks and rewards, and can provide benefits that are available only because of group action. Individual spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) can join a ...

"One went for my leg and the other for my face and head," Nicolas Hohls, 27, tells PEOPLE of being attacked by two animals while he was staying at a nature reserve in South Africa Nicolas Hohls ...

Giant hyenas went extinct about 500,000 years ago, but were roughly 240 pounds and skilled scavengers like their modern counterparts. “There is a hot scientific debate about the role of scavenging as ...

A South African man who was attacked by a pair of hyenas at his friend’s bachelor party spoke to People about his “fight to survive.” Twenty-seven-year-old Nicolas Hohls, of South Africa, was ...

Nicolas Hohls, 27, is recovering after being attacked by two hyenas who entered his tent while he was sleeping at Cape Vidal Nature Reserve in St. Lucia in South Africa One of the two animals ended up ...