Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The name “lion” doesn’t only apply to the king of the ...

Two beloved sister lions who spent their lives side-by-side at Belfast Zoo have died at the age of 22. In a release published on March 6, the zoo, located in Northern Ireland, announced that it ...

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a small surviving population of the rare lion that is extinct in the wild. The ...

A large international team of researchers has conducted an extensive genetic analysis of lions, and in so doing, has learned about their evolutionary history. In their paper published in Proceedings ...

The Barbary lion cubs were born at the Dvůr Králové Safari Park in the Czech Republic in January Four adorable, rare Barbary lion cubs made their public debut earlier this year at a zoo in the Czech ...