In 1922, the very last wild Barbary lion was killed by a French hunter in Morocco. Barbary lions were a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. They once inhabited the mountains and ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, this lion’s story isn’t over yet. We explore its history, the efforts to bring it back, and whether any true Barbary lions might still exist today. More for You ...

making it the oldest lion found in the UK since the extinction of wild cave lions during the last ice age. Genetic testing on the skulls revealed that they were pure-bred Barbary lions, Panthera leo ...

People were intrigued, and so was I, so I dug into the back-story of how the lion ended up there. The photo, taken in 2005, depicts a then-2-year-old baby Barbary lion named Samson. Barbary lions ...

Zafter wild cougars in the Rockies ... Some extra footage, and the sequel: how white lion cub Gandor and female Barbary lion cub Shakira passed quarantine and got welcomed and integrated into ...