Science news articles about 'african lions'

Extreme droughts and downpours allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, a new study says.

A pride of white African lions, including two adult males and two juvenile females, was released into a wild reserve in South Africa. Credit: The Mantis Collection

... into the genetic structure and history of lion populations. Their work refutes the hypothesis that African lions consist of a single, randomly breeding (panmictic) population. It also indicates the ...

... of prey in the region could potentially support more than 900 individuals of the emblematic African lion, according to new research – but only if immediate conservation steps are taken. "Those two ...

... species. Plotted this way, the data for the American lion fell easily into two groups, regardless of ... closest living relative of the American lion, "African lions engage in aggressive takeovers where ...

A new study of African lions says climate extremes, which would include the increased frequency of droughts and floods predicted by global warming models, can create conditions in which diseases that ...

... jaws. It was found that the largest great whites have a bite force of up to 1.8 tonnes. By comparison, a large African lion can produce around 560 kg of bite force and a human ...