A team unearthed the lower jaw, teeth and other bones of a new species, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika -- Swahili for "big African lion". They calculated it would have weighed up to 1,500 kilogrammes and ...
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 lion has the loudest roar of all the big cats. It’s so loud it can reach ... next meal when it’s as far as a mile away. The African lion population has plummeted by over 40% over the ...
Three African lion cubs have been born at a Bedfordshire ... boost to the conservation breeding programme for these amazing big cats." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook ...
A 20-year-old female African lion died on New Year’s Eve at an Attleboro zoo. Nyalla, who was born in November 2004, resided at Capron Park Zoo, where she “passed naturally” with staff ...