Barbary lions were widely revered for their impressive size and dark-haired manes. They were kept by royal families in northern Africa, but the Romans also loved them just as much.

It existed in the mountains and deserts of North Africa’s Barbary Coast, from Morocco to Egypt. The Barbary lion was previously considered a separate lion subspecies until 2017. According to the ...

The first known coat of arms featured lions in a rampant pose or rearing up. It was given to Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were ...

These extortionists of the high seas represented the Islamic nations of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers â collectively referred to as the Barbary Coast and presented a dangerous and ...

This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...

Belfast Zoo is home to a pride of Barbary lions, with one male lion named Qays and two females, Fidda and Theibba. Its website said the breed is "one of the largest lion sub-species". "This big ...