It’s Sarabi’s pride, Mufasa just lives there: a biologist on The Lion King

The real-life dynamics of a lion pride in Uganda or Tanzania’s national parks can be far more Game of Thrones than The Circle of Life

Zimbabwe lifts ban on lion hunting

Ban was imposed recently, in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death

All wild Asiatic lions in Gujarat to be screened for disease

The move comes after 11 lions died in just 8 days

‘Nearly 200 Asiatic lions died in and around Gir in 2016 & 2017’

Gujarat government reveals figures on the floor of the state Assembly

‘Those who have endangered the Asiatic Lion’s future, have to be held accountable’

Experts say the only take away from the recent deaths of lions in Gir is that a second home for them can no longer be delayed

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गुजरात के गीर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान एवं वन्यजीव अभ्यारण्य म�…

Lion attacks rise

Population, poverty making Tanzanians preys, says study

Kenya is losing about 100 lions each year for the past decade

Pastoral communities in Kenya are on a warpath with the endangered lions as habitats are disappearing

‘Born Free Foundation’ urges US and EU to end import of lion trophies

Organisation also calls for an international moratorium on lion hunting

TANZANIA

No worries? Ask Simba

A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate

Relocating lions, cautiously

INDIA

ORDERS IGNORED

Lions promoted

Genetic studies may hold the key to saving west and central Africa's lions

African lions were initially thought to belong to a single subspecies but new research shows that there is more diversity on the African continent.

SOUTH AFRICA

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 20-26)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

The Tiger in Tamilakam

The striped big cat of Asia occupied a unique place in the psyche and ethical consciousness of the ancient Tamils, something which continues to …

TANZANIA

A new sanctuary

Whose home is it, anyway?

The Maldharis of the Gir national park face eviction because their "unsustainable" economy if threatening the Asiatic lion

India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 1-7)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology

How two-year-old Una flogging incident is killing Gir lions today

Most of the dead Gir lions were suffering from canine distemper, which spreads from dogs to bovines and water bodies before reaching big cats

'Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s accuracy of description is very much in question'

Bruce D. Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is also an …