While lions are best known for hunting prey, conflicts over territory can sometimes lead to violent encounters between rival ...

Trade in lion bones, skin and teeth is intensifying across Africa, researchers warn poaching could become a defining threat ...

Authorities are giving warning, but saying not to panic. PRETORIA, South Africa -- South African authorities are trying to recapture a pride of 14 lions that escaped from world-famous Kruger National ...

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 ...

RYE, N.Y. (WABC) -- The American who was mauled to death by a lion in a South Africa game preserve has been identified as a woman who grew up in the New York suburbs. Katherine Chappell's funeral is ...

On January 20, 2026, in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, South Africa, @usandile_lo shared a video of lions calmly occupying a roadway. In ...

Lions are the most-traded wildcat in the world, and the only big cat whose commercial trade is permitted under CITES, the international wildlife trade agreement. Lion body parts, including bones, ...

PAARL, South Africa — Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first ...

Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle recently welcomed two South African lions.

The lion, with its majestic mane and the loudest growl%252520tops,kilometers%252520(5%252520miles)%252520away.) of all the big cats, is today a vulnerable species ...