Hyenas roamed the Arctic during the last ice age

Newly identified fossils confirm how the carnivores migrated to North America, researchers say

artist's rendering of Arctic hyenas

ARCTIC HYENAS  New fossil evidence shows that hyenas lived in the Arctic during the last ice age, as depicted in this illustration.

Julius T. Csotonyi

Modern hyenas stalk the savannas of Asia and Africa, but the animals’ ancient relatives may have had snowier stomping grounds: the Arctic.