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 good time," says Sarah ...

Well, the real hyena laugh actually sounds a lot like that. (Soundbite of hyena laughing) WERTHEIMER: And new research from the University of California in Berkeley suggests that the hyena's ...

Laughing hyenas, wailing levees, the sound of cheese and blaring bagpipes Highlights of the 157th ASA Meeting to be held May 18-22 in Portland, Ore. Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

The other species, Aardwolf, striped hyena and the brown hyena, cannot laugh but have other distinct vocalization sounds. For ...

The giggling sounds of a hyena contain important information about the animal's status, say scientists. In the first study to decipher the hyena's so-called "laugh", they have shown that the pitch ...

But although they might appear to treat the business of survival as a joke, the laughing sounds have a serious purpose. New research has shown that hyena laughter encodes complex information about ...

Holekamp's goal is to never hurt or frighten the hyenas. "The old dart guns used to make this really loud, awful noise," Montgomery says, "and the hyenas would be terrified when they saw you ...

Scientists have found a hyena's laugh carries important information to ... living in captivity in the U.S., comparing each animal's sound with its age and status. It soon became apparent that ...

But although they might appear to treat the business of survival as a joke, the laughing sounds have a serious purpose. New research has shown that hyena laughter encodes complex information about ...