HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - For the third time in three years, the keepers of the hyena exhibit at the Hattiesburg Zoo are handing out cigars. The zoo announced Wednesday that a hyena cub was born ...

Hattiesburg Zoo on Thursday announced the death of one of its two newborn spotted hyena cubs. The younger of the two cubs, born to Pili on Oct. 13, sustained injuries inflicted by its older and larger ...

While the 1994 animated classic The Lion King includes somewhat accurate antagonistic relationships between lions and spotted hyenas, Disney left out a critical player in the circle of life: the ...

When a leopard cub got chased by a hungry hyena in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, it looked like curtains. (Watch the video below.) The cub was left alone by its mother in a bush at South Africa ...

In January, Hattiesburg Zoo officials held a gender reveal for its spotted hyena cub Kito. Less than a year later the zoo announced the birth of two more hyena cubs to mother Pili. “Pili was a ...

There’s nothing quite like a mother’s love and that goes for even the most ferocious mammals at the Albuquerque Zoo. So, how do zookeepers handle working with the newborns of mothers that want to ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo announced the birth of two hyena cubs this past Friday evening. The zoo said the cubs’ mother, Pili, is doing well and has taken on her mothering role ...

Best known for its presence in house cats and a tendency to infect and alter the behaviors of rodents and humans, the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is also associated with bold behavior among ...