Widely regarded as a symbol of royalty, the Barbary lion stood out from all other lions. Once found throughout the mountainous deserts of Northern Africa, this big cat tragically went extinct from ...

Barbary lions originally roamed northern Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. But they were declared extinct in the wild in 1922, after centuries of over-exploitation and habitat destruction by humans. Some ...

The Belfast Zoo is home to a pride of Barbary lions: one male lion named Qays, and two female lions named Fidda and Theibba, according to the zoo's website. Barbary lions were once native to North ...

A lion has been spotted in Chad's Sena Oura National Park, where the big cats have not been seen since 2004 and were believed to be extinct until now. A photo of a lioness was released by a team ...

Belfast Zoo is home to a pride of Barbary lions, once native to North Africa, but now extinct in the wild. A new enclosure for the pride – Qays and his two female companions Thheiba and Fidda ...

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The first known coat of arms featured lions in a rampant pose or rearing up. It was given to Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were ...

This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara ...

A trainee zookeeper had a lucky escape after being locked in with a small pride of lions - with an urgent investigation now underway. An insider at Belfast Zoo revealed details to the Belfast ...

The Barbary macaque escaped from the Salem Monkey Mountain wildlife park in the area, and park manager Roland Hilgartner said he suspects the animal managed to jump from tree to tree in order to ...