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New blog documenting lives of hyena researchers in Kenya: http://msuhyenas.blogspot.com/
The website WildlifeExtra.com has an article entitled "In praise of the much maligned hyena – Needs a PR makeover" from 2009.
Birth of spotted hyaenas in captivity: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/05/1970465.htm
Hyaenas in the pet trade in Syria: It might look like fun for the humans in this video to keep striped hyaenas as pets, but it is likely to be very BAD for the hyaenas, especially when they reach adulthood. Video of Syrian family keeping striped hyaenas as pets: http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=59966
Striped hyaenas arrive at the Denver Zoo, USA, in 2007. See video footage of these hyenas at http://www.9news.com/video/player.aspx?aid=35062&bw;=
Recent scientific publications on hyaenas
Tanner, J. B., Dumont, E. R., Sakai, S. T., Lundrigan, B. L. & Holekamp, K. E. (2008) Of arcs and vaults: the biomechanics of bone-cracking in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. In press.
Honer, O.P., Wachter, B., east, M. L., Streich, W. J., Wilhelm, K., Burke, T. & Hofer, H. (2007) Honer et al reply to Van Horn et al (2008). Nature. 454, doi:10.1038/nature07122.
Van Horn, R. C., Watts, H. E. & Holekamp, K. E. (2008) Do female hyaenas choose mates based on tenure? Nature. 454: doi:10.1038/nature07122.
Honer, O.P., Wachter, B., east, M. L., Streich, W. J., Wilhelm, K., Burke, T. & Hofer, H. (2007) Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal. Nature. 448: 798-801.
Hofer, H. and East, M.L. 2008. Siblicide in Serengeti spotted hyenas: a long-term study of maternal input and cub survival. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 62: 341-351.
Holekamp, K. E., Sakai, S. T. & Lundrigan, B. L. (2007) The spotted hyena as a model system for study of the evolution of intelligence. Journal of Mammalogy. 88: 545-554.
Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Questioning the social intelligence hypothesis. Trends in Cognitive Science. 11: 65-69.
Holekamp, K. E., S. T. Sakai & Lundrigan, B. L. (2007) Social intelligence spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 362:523-538.
Honer, O.P., Wachter, B., east, M. L., Streich, W. J., Wilhelm, K., Burke, T. & Hofer, H. (2007) Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal. Nature. 448: 798-801.
Kolowski, J. M., Katan, D., Theis, K. R., & Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Daily patterns of activity in the spotted hyena. Journal of Mammalogy. 88: 1017-1028.
Smith, J. E., Memenis, S. K. & Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Rank-related partner choice in the fission-fusion society of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61: 753-765.
Szykman. M., Van Horn, R. C., Engh, A.L. Boydston, E. E. & Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas. Behaviour. 144: 815-846.
Theis, K. R., Greene, K. M., Benson-Amram, S. R., & Holekamp, K. E. (2007). Sources of variation in the long-distance vocalizations of spotted hyenas. Behaviour.144: 557-584.
Wagner, A.P. L.G. Frank, S. Creel & E. M. Coscia. 2007. Transient genital anomalies in the striped hyena. Hormones & Behavior. 51: 626-632.
Wagner, A.P., Creel, S., Frank, L.G. and Kalinowski, S.T. 2007. Patterns of relatedness and parentage in an asocial polyandrous striped hyena population. Molecular Ecology 16: 4356-4369.
Wahaj, S. A., Place, N. J., Weldele, M. L., Glickman, S. E. & Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Siblicide in the spotted hyena: analysis with ultrasonic examination of wild and captive individuals. Behavioral Ecology. In press. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm076.
Watts, H. E. & Holekamp, K. E. (2007) Hyena societies. Current Biology. 17: R657-R660.
White, P. A. 2007. Maternal response to neonatal sibling conflict in the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. In press.
Cover photo by S. M. Dloniak.