African lion Shera rests on a bed of hay in her indoor enclosure Jan. 26 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Great Cats ...

Lions are synonymous with Africa. These majestic cats have lived side-by-side with humans for hundreds of thousands of years. While encroachment on territory and being hunted by ranchers have ...

Experts share their knowledge on lion conservation in a new book Pieter Kat The African lion is one of the most iconic species in the world. Just look at all the lions in art, as statues, on logos, on ...

The King of the Jungle title creates a geographic fallacy regarding actual habitats. Traditional assumptions about lions living in jungles are fundamentally incorrect. Observe the clash of these 2 ...

African lion Araali gave birth to the cubs Wednesday after her 115-day pregnancy and 18 hours of labor, the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (DZCA) announced. The births mark an exciting moment for ...

One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialism You can kill almost anything if ...

The Woodland Park Zoo just welcomed some new pride and joy. Two South African lions were born — the zoo’s first birth of lions since 2014, the Woodland Park Zoo announced Friday. “Very exciting,” KIRO ...

LUJAN, Argentina — Lions, tigers and bears that managed to survive in substandard conditions at a now-shuttered zoo on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, paced weakly in their claustrophobic ...

Despite being widely called the “King of the Jungle,” lions rarely live in jungles. The nickname reflects cultural symbolism rather than habitat. In the wild, lions primarily inhabit savannas, ...