How Spotted Hyenas Are Saving Mekelle: Ethiopia’s Unlikely Eco-Warriors
The enigmatic spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), the second-largest land carnivore in Africa after the African lion, has emerged as an unlikely ‘eco-warrior’ in Ethiopia’s second-largest city, according to a new study the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. The predators, who also scavenge, are preventing over a thousand tonnes of carbon emissions annually in the rapidly…