Zoo Atlanta's African lion complex reopened earlier this month after an extensive six-month, $3-million renovation project. The project added around 1,500 square feet of space through which the lions ...

Shera, a 21-year-old African lion kept at the Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C., has died. The zoo announced Thursday she was ...

African lion Shera rests on a bed of hay in her indoor enclosure Jan. 26 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Great Cats ...

He’s the cat’s paw-jamas. A zoo in Texas welcomed its first African lion cub in nine years, and he’s been “pouncing and playing” with his proud mom. The Fort Worth Zoo opened its hearts to bouncing ...

Shera, a female African lion, died at 21 after a recent decline in mobility. She was one of the two oldest living lions at an ...

A paper, "Under the lion's paw: lion farming in South Africa and the illegal international bone trade," published in Nature Conservation has uncovered concerning activities within South Africa's ...

A recent study finds that African lion populations are declining as their herbivore prey are as well, prompting a need to protect these prey species to reverse the trend. Preventing prey depletion can ...