Discover why lions have earned their reputation as Africa's ultimate predators. Explore their incredible hunting strategies, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When people think of lions, the image that comes to mind is ...

(Todd Ryburn Photography/Getty Images) Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure ...

On February 4, scientists monitoring lion populations in Uganda captured nighttime thermal drone footage of two lions—brothers dubbed Jacob and Tibu by the Uganda Wildlife Authority—swimming across ...

A young Jacob. The tree-climbing African lion recently embarked on a death-defying swim. Jacob, a 10-year-old African lion, has been gored by a buffalo and lost his leg in a poacher’s trap. Now he’s ...

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 ...

South African lion Kambro is flown by private jet during a conservation move, with his unusual journey leaving viewers amazed ...

A record-breaking swim by two lion brothers across a predator-infested African river has been documented in a study co-led by Griffith University and Northern Arizona University. Dr. Alexander ...

Hitting a moving target will be a bit more complicated this spring for participants in U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual multinational exercise. Planners of African Lion aim to deploy soldier-like ...