• Lion’s sense of smell, although less important than its sight or hearing, helps when hunting, finding kills of other predators and identifying scent marking of territories.

As humans develop wild habitats, lions and humans come into increasingly closer contact. Livestock begins to replace natural prey, fueling human-lion conflict in which lions are killed in retaliation or …

The Serengeti Lion Project is the longest running lion research project in Africa Panthera – Project Leonardo seeks to ensure the long-term survival of lions across Africa by targeting the areas where …

African lions are the second largest cat in the world, and the apex predator of the African savannah. Unlike many cats, lions are social animals and live in groups called prides. Prides can vary in size, …

OUR RESEARCH PROGRAM BPC has been monitoring local lion prides using GPS radio collars, activity sensors and through behavioral follows.

The IUCN published two reports in 2006 based on regional meetings on lion conservation for western and central African lion range states held in Cameroon, and eastern and southern African lion range …

A critical first step was to quantify objectively the length and darkness of a lion’s mane. For this task we turned to our photographic archives, which included pictures of virtually every male lion to appear in …