Hybrid animals, or crossbreeds, are the offspring of two distinct or closely related species. While some hybrids occur ...

He watched the lions mate several times before the female broke it off. It wasn’t until William viewed an enlarged image that he noticed the saliva trails and the explosion of insects from the male’s ...

There are seldom happy endings for deposed England captains. Like a certain breed of 20th century South American dictator, ...

A group of male koalas were filmed grooming and playing together, in contrast to their solitary reputation, probably as a ...

Leave it to a gigantic hippo to scare off three lions as they swim for their lives to escape the territorial beast.

Her mate, Ingozi, was euthanized in November after ... In the wild, female lions may live to be 16, while male lions rarely survive past 12.

The Dickerson Park Zoo announced Friday that its male lion, Ade, has died. The zoo says Ade was 18 and a half years old and had been receiving treatment for kidney failure, and his care team was ...

A key aspect of lion reproduction involves how male lions protect their right to mate, often leading to dramatic displays of power and strategy. African Lion. Image by Keyur Nandaniya via Unsplash.

For highly social animals, being alone can be stressful – often leading to poor health and anxiety – but solitary animals do ...

The best hunters of mountain lions? Mountain lions. A study of mountain lions in the Snowy Range Mountains suggests that the ...

A key aspect of lion reproduction involves how male lions protect their right to mate, often leading to dramatic displays of power and strategy. African Lion. Image by Keyur Nandaniya via Unsplash.

Solitary lifestyles such as this are remarkably widespread across the animal kingdom. Even among mammals – a generally ...