However, three-quarters of their populations are in decline. The main threats to African lions are human-wildlife conflict and natural prey decline, as well as habitat loss, climate change and ...

May 28, 2022 / 12:44 PM CDT / CBS Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) – A new African lion cub makes his debut at Lincoln Park Zoo's Pepper Family Wildlife Center Saturday.

As night settled across a national park in the Central African Republic, an iconic predator still nursing cubs walked through ...

Wildlife officials estimate only about 120 to 374 West African lions are left in the wild. The species has been driven close to extinction by poaching, illegal hunting of their prey and loss of ...

A lion named Christian captured hearts with an unforgettable reunion with his former caretakers. Raised in London by two ...

A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern Central African Republic for the first time in six years.

This African lion is growing up and showing off his roar transformation. Pilipili is almost 3 years old and the oldest member of the bachelor pride at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

Wildlife biologist and TV personality Jeff Corwin said "every single African lion matters" and that the killing of beloved lion Cecil shows the desperate situation facing many of the continent’s ...

Wildlife groups filed a petition on March 1 with the Department of Interior seeking protection for African Lions in the United States under the Endangered Species Act. The move is needed, the ...