JOHANNESBURG --In 2016, 33 lions freed from circuses in Peru and Colombia were transported to South Africa to live out their days in a wildlife refuge. Last week, poachers broke into the sanctuary ...

A pride of lions ate a group of poachers who broke into a game reserve earlier this week in South Africa to hunt rhinoceroses. Three men were believed to have been eaten alive by the predators ...

Suspected poachers sneaked onto a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos, but a pride of lions found them instead. A guide at the Sibuya Game Reserve spotted what appeared to be human remains ...

South African police say a suspected poacher was eaten by a pride of lions at a big game park in the province of Limpopo. The animals "ate his body, nearly all of it, and just left his head and ...

They scan the brush for signs of poachers, but today, it seems, the only hunters are the lions themselves, their fresh tracks pressed into the sand. As the sun climbs, a guttural call reverberates ...

In Zambia, Creel and colleagues have traced prey depletion to lower numbers of leopards, wild dogs, and lions. In 2018, the ...

Lions have seen a population decline because a combination of loss of habitat, loss of food sources such as livestock, and poaching, Lindsey said. How does a wildlife photographer strike comedy gold?

JACKSON — Celebratory social media posts tipped off authorities to a trio of Montana mountain lion hunters who illegally killed a tomcat in Yellowstone National Park. Photos shared via Instagram ...

This lion defended himself from poachers. A group of armed men wanted to hunt him. And despite the animal’s warnings, they decided to mercilessly attack him. However, they couldn’t imagine how ...

A new tool from the University of Illinois and collaborators can help identify the origins of illegally obtained lion products, with the aim of decreasing poaching and conserving wild populations.