By Gilbert Nakweya NAIROBI ― Poisoning, poaching and loss of habitat have significantly reduced populations of lion prides in ...

Uganda's Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park holds a secret: tree-climbing lions. These lions, unusual for their tree-dwelling habits, seek refuge from the heat and insects and keep a ...

A century after joining the Field Museum’s collection, the Tsavo lions remain one of the museum's most important displays. New research into their behavior and unique features continues to reshape ...

An American sport hunter, Frank Stuart Cox was gored to death by an injured buffalo during a scheduled sport hunting ...

In Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park, a three-legged icon prowls in silence. Once a sprightly young feline, this lion’s gait now tells a story of survival etched in every limp.

However, in some parts of the continent, the lions are now classified as “Critically Endangered”. In Uganda lions are mainly found in the three largest savannah parks: Murchison Falls National Park ...

In 1898, two lions that came to be known as the Tsavo man-eaters relentlessly hunted workers of the ... [+] Kenya-Uganda railway in the dead of night before eventually being taken down.

And human-wildlife conflict is to blame. In 2014, there were 493 lions in Uganda, according to its ministry of tourism and wildlife. In March 2024, the ministry said that there were at that point ...

Tree-climbing is not a normal lion habit, but lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, often take to the trees in the day, probably to cool off and escape the flies. This tree held two dozing ...

Lion populations in six protected areas across Uganda have declined markedly over the past decade, a recent survey shows. The researchers attribute this decline, in some cases of nearly 50% ...