Lions are the most social among the big cats. While other big cat species may hunt together or live in small family groups, lions form lion prides of 15 to 40 lions. These complex family structures ...

A male lion carries heavy energy during a walk outside his enclosure, especially after nearby wild lions stir up his instincts. He scratches trees, marks territory, and moves with the restless ...

Lions usually know better than to take on a massive white rhino. They are said to know their limitations. But that didn’t stop a trio of lions at Kruger National Park in South Africa from trying. The ...

Lions have a variety of ways of communicating with one another. Vocal communication and body language are common ways lions ...

One lioness and two juvenile males are left to defend Xudum Pride territory from intruding lions. Two intruding male lions on patrol slowly enter Xudum Pride territory. With no sign of the pride’s ...

A senior male lion rests calmly while receiving gentle brushing, but his peaceful expression carries a much deeper story.

Two intruding male lions appear in Xudum Pride territory, putting the lion cubs at risk. Intruding males will often kill unrelated lion cubs to establish dominance over the pride. Will the lionesses ...

Zawadi Mungu — the “elder statesman” of the Oregon Zoo’s African lion pride and one of the oldest male lions in North America — died Thursday. In the wild, male lions rarely live past 12 years old, ...

Decades after nearly going extinct, the world’s only existing population of Asiatic lions is overrunning a small reserve in western India. Now what?