Once the pride of North Africa, the Barbary lion was thought to be extinct in the wild – but could it still survive today? In this video, we explore the history of this massive, regal subspecies, its ...

A gigantic new species of mammal with enormous fangs has been identified in Kenya, after its fossils were found tucked away in a museum drawer, according to news reports. The discovery of the extin… ...

Pound for pound, Australia's extinct marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) would have made mince meat of today's African lion (Panthera leo) had the two big hyper-carnivores ever squared off in a ...

A lion was spotted at a national park in Chad for the first time in nearly 20 years after the animal was considered “technically extinct” there. The lion sighting was captured by a remote ...

African lions are under the same threats extinct sabre-toothed tigers faced. The seven big cats that went extinct towards the end of the last Ice Age, including several sabre-toothed cats, are ...

Climate Change Jaw of Extinct Lion Found Along Drought-Stricken Mississippi River Low water levels in the river have revealed sunken artifacts—and now a fossil from an American lion.

Researchers have found only 400 lions in West Africa and only 250 of those are of mature mating age, raising alarm that the West African lion may soon go extinct. Panthera, a non-profit research ...

Newly published in the journal Ecography, the study shows that the wildlife that went extinct during the period, including the sabre-toothed cat, cave and American lions and the American cheetah ...