HYENAS

Navigating hyena clan hierarchy reveals surprising female dominance, complex social structures, and cooperative hunting strategies. But there’s more to their story…

Among mammals living in social groups, individuals form communication networks in which they signal their identity and social status, thereby facilitating social interaction. Despite its importance in understanding mammalian societies, the encoding of personal information in voice signals from non-primate mammals has been relatively neglected. Hyena laughter can encode information about age, individual identity, and