In 1925, a haunting image of a lonely lion wandering the Atlas mountains was captured. Here’s what makes this image so biologically significant. Exactly a century ago, a military photographer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two of the world's rarest lions have died at a zoo. The Barbary lionesses, Thheiba and Fidda, were 22-years-old and were the ...

Thheiba and Fidda were among the zoo’s last Barbary lionesses and played a key role in conservation. The sisters lived ...

Given their size, grace, and regal bearing, lions are one of the most revered big cats. But there are several facts about lions that are concerning to say the least. Most notably, global lion numbers ...

The Barbary lion once ruled North Africa as the largest and most impressive of all lion subspecies, but its fate remains one of wildlife’s most debated mysteries. Whether any true Barbary lions still ...

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 ...