(WTAJ) —Have you ever thought about asking a hyena, “What’s so funny?” Well, you’re not alone. Despite common knowledge telling us that hyenas laugh, we’ve even seen it in movies, have you learned why ...

Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Now, even if you've never heard a laughing hyena in the wild, you might recognize this hyena. Mr. CHEECH MARIN (Actor): (as Banzai) It's ...

A Hyena's giggle is not actually laughter, but a sound of frustration. New research found a way to distinguish individual hyenas based on the peculiarities of their, well, let's call them fighting ...

Status among hyenas sounds like a laughing matter. Spotted hyenas may not be amused, but they do make noises that to human ears sound like laughter. Biologists refer to this classic hyena laugh, a ...

When you think of a hyena, you make think of their signature laughter. But not all hyenas laugh. In fact, their laughter is actually a vocalization of distress, often used to signal threats or attacks ...

Have you ever heard the phrase "laughing hyenas"? Do they really laugh? In a word, no. There are four kinds of hyenas _ aardwolf, brown, spotted and striped _ but only the spotted hyena makes sounds ...

Spotted hyenas, the social, carnivorous creatures often referred to as "laughing hyenas," live across Africa and east to India. Their laughing sound, however, "has nothing to do with hyenas having a ...

This is the fourth in my series of "How to Do Life" fables. Like most laughing hyenas, Sy was born in a litter of two. His littermate started laughing, okay, screeching, almost as soon as she emerged ...

Sy Montgomery thinks hyenas have gotten a bad reputation. They are, it turns out, great hunters, not the skulking scavengers of "The Lion King." They are also very social creatures and express ...