Do hyenas eat livestock and rhinos? Behavioral biologists investigate a surprisingly charming population (opens in new tab)

For conservation and the management of human–wildlife conflicts, it is of great interest to know which species are eaten by carnivores. Scientists from the Ngorongoro Hyena Project at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) analyzed this dynamic for spotted hyenas in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania using DNA analysis of hundreds of fecal samples collected over 24 years.