hyena

After the vessel transporting his family from India to Canada sinks, Pi escapes to a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger—and his situation gets more complicated with each passing day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

Marin, who would end up voicing a hyena in the 1994 animated film, makes another braying donkey noise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

While female-dominated hyena societies may not strike some as technically "queer," the same cannot be said of the countless male lions who spend most of their time in all-male groups called coalitions.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

I never thought that finding myself confined in a small space with a spotted hyena would be good news, but there you go.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

It follows four rival families of lions, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs as they compete for dominance, with all the shifting alliances, betrayals and power struggles of a prestige drama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

"We never had wild animal attacks before... after prosopis spread, lions, hyenas, wild cats and foxes invaded our villages," Mohammed said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Other coprolites contained bones chewed up by predators that, like today's hyenas, crushed bones to obtain salts and marrow.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

A few other studies have used an index similar to the human adverse childhood experiences score with wild primates and hyenas, with largely similar results.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024

The group of hyenas laugh along with Anise, as always—but I can’t help but notice that Marie Antoinette isn’t laughing.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender