When scientists sequenced the gut bacteria of wild African lions for the first time, their computers hit a wall, unable to ...

Olkirikoi, a dominant male lion, gets an unexpected fright during an encounter with an elephant in the African wilderness.

Created by South African wildlife photographers Roger and Pat de la Harpe, The African Lion is a wildlife coffee table book celebrating one of Africa’s most iconic predators through powerful wildlife ...

African wild dog pack in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. Photo by flowcomm via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. The lion owns the human imagination in a way few predators ever have. It is the animal ...

Explore Nat Geo’s ‘Lion’ and ‘Africa Earth’s Wild Home’, Kenyan culture and wildlife conservation, then head to Kenya with National Geographic Journeys with G Adventures.

Two Ju/'hoansi master trackers from Namibia helped identify Ice Age lion tracks at three sites on South Africa's Cape coast, ...

Researchers have found only 400 lions in West Africa and only 250 of those are of mature mating age, raising alarm that the West African lion may soon go extinct. Panthera, a non-profit research ...

TRAFFIC study says exports have increased dramatically and calls for trade to be closely monitored A new study finds there is little evidence that the lion bone trade in South Africa is currently ...

Scientists know a great deal about how lions hunt, breed and survive, but the microscopic communities living inside them have remained largely unexplored. Now, a study of wild lions in Namibia is ...