Notes From Kenya: MSU Hyena Research

Michigan State University students in the Holekamp Lab blog about their experiences in Kenya, research on spotted hyenas and adventures in the field.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

The Sounds of a Clan War

Listen up! Clan wars are disputes over territory boundaries, typically characterized by two “fronts” charging at one another. There can a...

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Cubs and their Lineages

To help us keep track of which hyenas are related to each other, when a hyena has her first litter of cubs, we assign her a lineage. All of...

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Ever seen a lion in a tree?

Last week Lily and I were out on obs in Main Doc territory looking for cognition trial candidates. However that search was quickly ...

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Black cub boom!

We have a lot of new moms (and new lineages) in our Main Doc clan! The other day we showed up to a den full of little black cubs running ar...

Monday, November 6, 2017

Ostrich Love

While on the way to a den session in Pond territory, I came across a two ostriches in mid courtship. Female ostrich "hen" in m...

Monday, October 16, 2017

Play behavior in spotted hyenas

Play serves a lot of functions for young mammals such as development of motor skills involved in sexual reproduction, hunting, or fightin...

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