Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The name “lion” doesn’t only apply to the king of the ...

(Todd Ryburn Photography/Getty Images) Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure ...

Across much of North America, two native wild cats move through forests, deserts, mountains and scrubland, often unnoticed by the people living nearby. One is the mountain lion, a powerful predator ...

Cape lions used to roam the Cape Flats grassland plains of South Africa, in what is now known as Western Cape Providence. When Europeans arrived in South Africa in the mid-1600s, Cape lions, along ...

For many people, the names cougar and mountain lion sound like they belong to two separate animals. Wildlife documentaries, ...

An extinct species of lion once interbred with its modern cousins, suggests a new study. Analysis of multiple genomes from the extinct cave lion has revealed that it represented a "highly distinct" ...

In a study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists report that a tiny and seemingly innocuous invasive ant species is changing tree cover in an East African wildlife area, making it ...

India must establish a second home for Asiatic lions to ensure their long-term survival and ecological resilience against ...

The high peaks of the southern and central Sierra Nevada are home to a unique and endangered animal, the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. John Muir called them “the bravest of all the Sierra mountaineers, ...