Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Serengeti hyenas manage to keep clans stable as climate change alters animal migrations

Although the main prey of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), migratory ungulates such as blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), now spend substantially less time within hyena territories than they did 30 years ago, hyena clans in the central Serengeti have remained largely stable.

Serengeti hyenas manage to keep clans stable as climate change alters animal migrations
Image: Phys.org
Although the main prey of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), migratory ungulates such as blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), now spend substantially less time within hyena territories than they did 30 years ago, hyena clans in the central Serengeti have remained largely stable.

Originally published at Phys.org

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