Also, as the climate warmed, the cave lion’s natural habit of wide-open spaces (grasslands) was rapidly shrinking as the forest areas increased. This put severe pressure on the species.

Angel Acosta-Colon (shown here) poses with a number of pictographs, including an unusual find—an animal that looks like a lion. He speculates that this may be the first cave art drawn by slaves ...

The American cave lion was depicted in cave paintings as lacking ... 75% decline in lion habitat include agriculture and growing human settlement. Meanwhile, war-torn areas have made some lion ...