A male lion photographed in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Whenever a lion or elephant or some other animal that has been named by the general public is hunted, there is an immediate furor across the ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Two Zimbabweans arrested for illegally hunting a protected lion named Cecil were in court on Wednesday as anger at the kill by an American dentist escalated. “If, as has been ...

The nighttime photo captured an adult female whose body language indicated that she was caring for cubs. This discovery ...

A lion that was being tracked by Oxford University researchers in western Zimbabwe has been killed by a trophy hunter, in what one wildlife campaigner called a ‘harrowing echo’ of Cecil the Lion’s ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The killing of Cecil, the African lion, in Zimbabwe has drawn worldwide criticism and not only from animal rights groups. Here in Houston, some hunters are also critical of the ...

Lions might be the apex predators, but they are far from invincible. Here are 7 animals that can take down a lion, as per the ...

Lions are the most-traded wildcat in the world, and the only big cat whose commercial trade is permitted under CITES, the international wildlife trade agreement. Lion body parts, including bones, ...

Studies determine how prey density affects African wild dogs and lions. Two recently published studies by a Montana State University ecologist reveal new findings about the relationship between ...