April 30, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- African painted dogs are some of the most critically endangered animals on the planet, but there is hope for saving these wild creatures. This week conservationists, ...

Visitors to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston will find a new kind of creature roaming around the habitat where the spotted hyenas used to live. One of the most endangered carnivores in Africa, two ...

Africa hosts a wide variety of interesting lifeforms, including hyenas and wild dogs. Many people confuse the wild dog with a hyena, but the two predators are very different in terms of their physical ...

The zoo says Kassy and her puppies arrived at the Zoo the day after the painted dog puppies were born. She immediately accepted the painted dog puppies as if they were her own and began to nurse and ...

Hyenas often seem similar to cats and dogs in various aspects. For instance, just like dogs, hyenas have sharp night vision and use their powerful jaws and teeth to catch prey. Also, hyenas usually ...

African painted dogs are a crafty bunch, hunting in packs at speeds of 40 miles per hour while evading people and bigger carnivores. But they’re also a highly endangered species, and a group of ...

Ola, an 8-year-old female African painted dog, spends her first day in her new habitat. Ola and two other painted dogs, who are 2-year-old brothers, are the Dallas Zoo's first African painted dogs ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Zoo announced the passing of their 11-year-old African painted dog Tuesday. Zoo officials said Kasama was humanely euthanized on July 21 because she was suffering from kidney ...

"We're trying to save the African painted dog," said Bill Zeigler, senior vice president of the Brookfield Zoo. "It's dwindling in numbers to about 3,500 to about 4,000 animals. That's all that's left ...