Once upon a time, people near the valley of Nemea in southern Greece lived in mortal fear of a lion lurking in the surrounding hills and preying on the populace. Only mighty Hercules, challenged by ...

Lions (Panthera leo) are a widely distributed group of terrestrial mammals, ranging during the Pleistocene (from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago) in Eurasia, Africa, and North America, with ...

The scientific name of a lion is Panthera leo. This classification system is called binomial nomenclature. The Asiatic lion population in India has grown by 32.2%. Scientific name of lion: Lions are ...

As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have been used as a symbol of courage, nobility and strength by rulers for over 6000 years. A lion became the symbol of a Norwegian king at least as early as ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The new rules will come into effect on January 22, 2016. New rules will generally prohibit import of sport hunted trophies of lion subspecies found ...