Did you know that sound can cause physical pain? It’s true — humans typically start to feel pain at around 110 decibels. When standing just a few feet away, a lion’s roar reaches about 114 decibels, ...

The thunderous roar of the MGM lion that has opened Hollywood films for nearly a century has conditioned us to hear the big cat’s call as a blunt declaration: a booming blast announcing power and ...

Lions who wander the expanse of the savannah need to keep in communication with each other when the pride is not together. This ability to stay in constant communication is what both makes a pride ...

You probably have a good idea what a lion sounds like. Cue mighty roar. But scientists have just discovered that lions have a second, previously unnoticed type of roar, challenging long-held beliefs ...

When we think of lions, we think of that magnificent roar. A boom of sound that warns predators of their fearsome presence. However, according to research published in Ecology and Evolution journal ...

DETROW: Or some version of that sound. This particular roar comes courtesy of a lion named Jeronimo (ph). Well, what if I told you that this sound... (SOUNDBITE OF LION ROARING) DETROW: ...Was also a ...

African lions have thunderous roars. The explosive sound rattles your eardrums when it booms in a nature documentary. But it turns out that the powerful roar we attribute to the big cats isn’t the ...