World Lion Day started in 2013 with the goal of raising awareness about the challenges these amazing animals face in the wild ...

The lions caught the coronavirus from their handlers and showed severe symptoms. An outbreak among big cats in nature preserves could be hard to contain, researchers said.

(See NATURE’s In the Valley of the Wolves.) In a similar way, the loss of a top predator such as the lion can cause ecological changes.

A nature guide in South Africa had his morning coffee routine interrupted by a growling lion. Dylan Panos, 46, filmed the rowdy animal from his open-air kitchen window in mid-August, according to ...

Macdonald talks to Nature about the impact of trophy hunting and illegal poaching on lion populations — and the importance of Cecil’s death. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Africa’s lion population appears to be declining at an alarming rate. NATURE’s The Vanishing Lions searches for explanations and solutions to the troubling trend.

To avoid people, mountain lions (Puma concolor) in the greater Los Angeles area are changing their activity patterns. The big cats that live near areas where humans hike, run, and cycle are ...

In India’s westernmost state, Gujarat, the Asiatic lion has been making a comeback after being hunted for centuries to the brink of extinction. Today these cats are only found in Gujarat, thanks ...

THE illustration which we give on next page, from La Nature, is after a photograph of one of the lions in the Zoological Gardens, London. This photograph may be regarded as one of the numerous ...