The animals help redistribute calcium and phosphorous by crunching bones. This is an Inside Science story. The crushing jaws of hyenas may act as a kind of nutrient blender, grinding out calcium and ...

A winding lava-tube cavern in northern Saudi Arabia was home to hyenas for millennia, and they left behind plenty of gruesome evidence of past meals. The floor of the cave system was covered in deep ...

Scientists investigating a dried-up lava tube in northwestern Saudi Arabia were stunned to find a huge assemblage of bones belonging to horses, asses, and even humans. It was a feast to last a ...

During the last ice age, bone-crushing hyenas stalked the snowy Canadian Arctic, likely satisfying their meat cravings by hunting herds of caribou and horses, while also scavenging mammoth carcasses ...

The discovery stunned researchers because striped hyenas are known mainly as scavengers who feed on carcasses and bone fragments in the shadows of larger predators.