NEW DELHI-- Three lions identified as having eaten villagers in western India have been caged and will never be released back into the wild, forest officials said Thursday. The male and two females ...

Three man eating lions have been caught by the forest authorities and sentenced to a life in cage. The big cats were accused of killing and eating a fourteen year old boy, near the lion sanctuary in ...

Experts say the paucity of big animals inside the park’s wildlife area for the lions to prey on, their increasing dependence on domestic cattle and congestion are some reasons for the spread of CDV.

Most tourists hoping to see big cats in India go looking for Bengal tigers – but in the Sasan Gir National Park, there's an even rarer beast to spot. This sanctuary, surrounded by the "vast" teak ...

The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is welcoming a new male lion from Sweden. The two-year-old rare Asiatic lion was scheduled to arrive Thursday night. He replaces Lider, a 16-year-old male Asiatic lion who ...

Just like many Indians who work long hours, the Asiatic lions of Gir National Park in Gujarat have shown an impressive work ethic in their daily lives. Recent study has revealed some interesting ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a plea by an NGO seeking direction to relocate some Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir forest to a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. In ...

A study found that among all observed behaviours of Gir lions, sniffing was the most common, accounting for nearly 40% of the recorded actions. | Mohan Ram via Mongabay. Mammals, most prominently ...

An eight-year-old lion was found dead in Dhari forest range of Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in the second such incident in less than a week, forest officials said on Tuesday. An eight-year-old lion was ...

The London Zoo, which first opened to the public in 1847 in Regent's Park, has many claims to fame—the first Reptile House (1849), first public aquarium (1853), first Insect House (1881), and first ...