Of the hundred or so known species of hyena—living and extinct—that stalked the earth, all have been meat eaters or omnivores except one, the aardwolf, which, mysteriously, eats termites. What ...

The fossilized upper jaw of the Gansu hyena, seen from top (left) and from below. The palate is broad and similar to that of the aardwolf, which has a more muscular tongue for slurping termites.

Aardwolves are one of four hyena species that are an elusive and nocturnal, and native to southern and eastern Africa. The Nashville Zoo has added two new animals to its population: a brother sister ...