Lioness Yaya of the Marsh Lion Pride moving her two young cubs to a safe resting spot. These two cubs unfortunately did not ...

Despite being widely called the “King of the Jungle,” lions rarely live in jungles. The nickname reflects cultural symbolism ...

“Young Lion Resting” (c1638-42) is co-owned by the Franco-American collector and metals billionaire Thomas Kaplan and by Jon ...

This is a poignant scene that captures what are probably the final months of this magnificent lion’s life. We learn from the video notes that she is called Verity and that she is already 15 years old.

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Colorado wildlife authorities have ended their search for mountain lions along a hiking trail where a woman was killed in a mountain lion attack on New Year's Day, the state's first fatal attack since ...

Mountain lions in Southern California could soon be considered a threatened species, with officials saying that they face threats posed by freeways, rat poison and wildfires. The California Department ...

Houston – Houston Life gave viewers a first look at a powerful new project that highlights the people in Kenya who are working every day to save lions. The special, produced by KPRC 2 in partnership ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure was fatally attacked in front of horrified zoo visitors. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' ...

The Detroit Zoo this week announced the birth of three lion cubs to first-time mom Amirah, a 9-year-old African lioness housed at the zoo. "She has been wonderfully calm, attentive and nurturing, ...

A Brazilian teenager was mauled by a lioness in full view of zoo visitors on Sunday, after scaling a six-meter wall and safety fencing and shimmying down a tree into the enclosure, authorities said.