Solvin Zankl / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) stalking fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 1/8

Laurent Geslin / Brown Hyaena (Hyaena brunna) running. Skeleton Coast, Namibia

Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena predating newborn Thomson's gazelle, Serengeti NP, Tanzania {Crocuta crocuta}

Ann & Steve Toon / Brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) mother and cub at den, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea) drinking at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Brown hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) footprints in sand, Namib desert, Namibia.

Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at the drying and deflated skin of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) look on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hye...

Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) looks on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hyena is tinted a reddish-brown f...