Links for more information

Hyenas in general

• The Hyaena Specialist Group is part of the World Conservation Union. Its members are volunteers, and biologists who work on various research and conservation projects for hyenas -- hyena authorities and advocates, one might say. Want a hyena expert? Start looking there.
• The Animal Diversity Web's section on hyaenids.

Spotted Hyenas

• The Wikipedia entry on spotted hyenas.
• A spotted hyena blog! In "Notes From Kenya: MSU Hyena Research", students from Michigan State University describe their experiences doing research in the wild.
• A long, excellent article along with some videos from the April 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine on spotted hyenas in the Masai Mara, being studied by Kay Holekamp.
• A lovely article in the New York Times about the intricate social lives of spotted hyenas, and how a species' brain structure is related to how sociable it is.
• An interesting (if slightly outdated) article on the clitoris of the female spotted hyena, and the bizarre spotted hyena birth process. Warning: the photos are very explicit, and one shows the dissected-out reproductive organs.
• Turner, J.W., Bills, Patrick S., Holekamp, Kay E. Ontogenetic change in determinants of social network position in the spotted hyena. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2018 Jan. 72:10. A recent study on how spotted hyenas' position in the clan society changes as they grow up.

Striped Hyenas

• The Wikipedia entry on striped hyenas.
• In India, the demand for striped hyenas' body parts for use in "magic" and fake medicine is starting to endanger them, according to EcoWatch.

Brown Hyenas

• The Wikipedia entry on brown hyenas.
• The Brown Hyena Research Project and its Facebook page.

Aardwolves

• The Wikipedia entry on aardwolves.
• The Institute for Wildlife Studies' page on its research project on aardwolves.

Hyenas in the past

• Why Are There No Hyenas in Europe?, a Science Daily article, discusses a recent scientific paper on why the spotted hyena became extinct in Europe and Asia at the end of the last ice age.

Books

• Mills MG. Kalahari hyaenas: the comparative behavioral ecology of two species. Unwin Hyman; 1990. (Reprinted by The Blackburn Press.)
• Kruuk H. The spotted hyena: a study of predation and social behavior. Echo Point Books and Media; 2014.

Video and television

• Nye B, editor. Eternal enemies: lions and hyenas. National Geographic Society; 1992.

(Last link check May 5, 2022.)

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