When it comes to the kings of the jungle, the tiger and lion stand out as the most iconic big cats in the animal kingdom.

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A century after joining the Field Museum’s collection, the Tsavo lions remain one of the museum's most important displays.

An adult male lion, if he’s lucky and durable, might attain the advanced age of 12 in the wild. Adult females can live longer, even to 19. Life expectancy at birth is much lower, for any lion ...

This means a louder roar with less effort. A female lion needs 5 kg and a male lion around 7 kg of meat a day, and studies of the animal in the wild show that their average intake is between 8 kg ...

The story of the man-eating lions is fairly well-known, but one Field Museum expert went the extra mile to confirm a specific part of the story.

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. A young male lion was one of three members of Kenya’s famous Marsh Pride to die in 2015 after eating a cow carcass ...

Lions are the only social cats in the world, living in tight-knit groups called prides. Male lions are often portrayed as ‘kings of the jungle’, fearsome hunters and leaders of their pride.