Lions

A video of a man cuddling up to a large male lion and kissing his nose has gone viral online, with people describing it as "absolutely beautiful."

On Monday, Utah's Hogle Zoo issued a press release on Facebook after discovering that the four lions contracted COVID-19.

A search for a woman in Zimbabwe led to a gruesome discovery that has shaken a community.

Rescue haul includes 3-year-old Simba, once forced to perform in a music video while visibly injured.

Denver Zoo researchers are applying lion urine in the parking lot of Colorado's Mount Evans to deter encounters that can also be harmful to humans.

After appearing in last year's "Tiger King," Carole Baskin has distanced herself from the series, and expressed objections to the way she was portrayed.

Nine big cats, presumed positive for coronavirus, are being treated at the Smithsonian National Zoo.

A vaccine specifically designed for zoo animals is being administered at the Detroit Zoo to safeguard some of the most vulnerable animals.

Humaid Albuqaish was accused of "triggering the lion for views" on TikTok and told to "just get a dog."

Tanzania relocated 36 Serengeti lions in 2020 after incidents involving the big cats with humans and cattle the previous year.

"Not many betting people would have given the crab good odds on making it...past a pride of lions but this little fella was up for it," park rangers said.

Scarface, described as the "rockstar of the Mara," died in Kenya's world-renowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve.

"May his legend forever live on," the Mara Predator Conservation Programme in Kenya said.

Local authorities believe the wild mountain lion was trying to get to the homeowner's hunting trophy heads when it entered the home.

As the handler approaches the side of the ring, one of the lions pounces and latches on to the handler's leg, bringing him to the ground.

Yawning has been a subject of scientific debate for years. Now researchers think it could have social advantages for the big cats.

The lions at Denver Zoo braved the sub-zero temperatures that have gripped Colorado in recent days.

Fischbacher died just a few months after his long-term partner Roy Horn died following COVID-19 infection.

Two girls left their home in Dhanfuliya village in Gujarat's Junagadh district, India, to use the toilet when the lions struck.

"I thought it was somebody's dog that had gotten into the yard, and I was like, 'Hey, get out of here!' Then it turned, and that's when I was like, 'Oh my God! It's a mountain lion!'" Timothy Kerrisk said.

As the unusual video gained millions of views on Twitter, users were ready with plenty of sea lion jokes.

An experiment involving hundreds of cows in Botswana demonstrates how a little paint may provide an effective way to deter lions and leopards.

I was in the Alaskan Peninsula, shooting photos on the opposite river bank to my guide. There was a mom with one cub and a fairly big male bear nearby and all of a sudden, all three bears are going bananas and I'm literally triangulated right in the middle of them.

Even the Lions couldn't resist kicking back with "Animal Crossing" during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Visitors are warned to avoid the area around the Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve where a mountain lion attack was reported.

Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany described the find as a "museum by itself."

Electrician Mohammad Rafique went to collect for a job he was owed in Pakistan, only for the client to unleash his pet lion on him.

Despite public outcry, canned lion hunts are still big in South Africa and the perpetrators often hide under the conservationist umbrella.

Researchers have revealed the horrific conditions that thousands of big cats are being forced to endure in industrial farms across South Africa and Asia.

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