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, ...

The Phoenix Zoo celebrated African lion Pilipili's fourth birthday Sunday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lion cubs that were born two months ago have joined the rest of their pride in the lion habitat at Lion Country Safari. They ...

Visitors to the Fort Worth Zoo’s Predators of Asia and Africa exhibit now have two new reasons to stop by the habitat — twin lion cubs born June 29 have joined the other members of the pride in the ...

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A new study reveals the alarming rise in targeted lion poaching across Africa, driven by organised criminal networks and the illegal trade in body parts. Urgent conservation measures are needed to pro ...

Not one, but two African lion cubs were born at the Fort Worth Zoo over the summer. The cubs were born to mother, Saba, and father, Jabuani, on June 29, but were just announced by the zoo this week.

Plans for the new lion enclosure at Colchester Zoo will still be going ahead after the death of Bailey last week.

Woodland Park Zoo’s new lion cubs officially have names: Kamari, meaning “moon,” and Zawadi, meaning “gift,” in Swahili.