several social media users opined that the lioness was trying to protect her cub, fearing there could be crocodiles in the waterhole that might attack her baby. "The lion keeps its cub away from ...

Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...

The genders of the new lion cubs at Whipsnade Zoo have just been confirmed - and now it's time to find them all a name.

The lion has the loudest roar of all the big cats. It’s so loud it can reach 114 decibels (at a distance of around one metre) and can be heard from as far away as five miles. This volume is all ...

Anga, a three-year-old African lioness, arrived Friday from a zoo in Knoxville, Tennessee. Anga is Swahili for "sky." Zoo officials say Anga currently has access to the lion building and the ...

The Birmingham Zoo introduced male lion Josh to ... the death of the lioness' former partner Staff members at the Birmingham Zoo are mourning the loss of their African lioness Akili.

Zoos Victoria staff has been left heartbroken after they were forced to euthanise a three-week-old African lion cub ... Seven-year-old lioness Asali was pregnant with the cub for three and ...

In the opening moments of “The Lion ... African Pride Lands, the animal kingdom awakens. “It’s the circle of life and it moves us all through despair and hope, through faith and love ...

For the greatest of African predators as well as for their prey, life spans tend to be short, more often terminating abruptly than in graceful decline. An adult male lion, if he’s lucky and ...