An 8-year-old African lion at the Como Zoo and Conservatory is receiving hospice care after being diagnosed earlier this year with an untreatable tumor in his nasal sinuses, zoo officials announced.

Experts tracked the sea lion, which had a rope around its neck, for over a month before they were able to catch up to it in Cowichan Bay, Canada. By Rylee Kirk A team of marine mammal experts had ...

A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being illegally kept as pets on a ...

State wildlife authorities want to know more about some alarming signs posted recently on the Loop near La Cañada with a warning about a mountain lion. The signs reference stalking behavior but aren’t ...

Lions may not have the cheetah’s speed or the leopard’s forest cover, but they have other tricks for hunting prey. Masters of stealth and teamwork, lions work together to outwit and overpower their ...

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When you visualize big, free-roaming mammals around the end of December, you may instantly picture a certain antler-rocking icon, an animal that is famous for leading Santa's sleigh. But there's ...

The mountain lion that prompted school lockdowns in the city of Duluth on Dec. 3 provided good evidence of just how far this wild cat will roam. “That one cat has been detected 15 to 20 times,” said ...