Wild Inside the National Zoo: Lion Pride - YouTube
Sep 15, 2014 · Within two months, six new lion cubs are born at Smithsonian's National Zoo. In the second episode of our web series, their caretakers walk us through pride life, from tracking the cubs' health...
Lion | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Lions have strong, compact bodies and powerful forelegs, teeth and jaws for pulling down and killing prey. Their coats are yellow-gold, and adult males have shaggy manes that range in color from blond to reddish-brown to black. The length and color of a lion's mane is likely determined by age, genetics and hormones.
Lion Cam | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Jan 19, 2024 · The world's most social felines, lions hunt cooperatively and raise cubs in prides. Watch the Smithsonian's National Zoo's lions live, 24/7 on the Lion Cam.
Lion - San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants
A 27-foot-tall bronze sculpture of Rex, the lion whose roar inspired the creation of the San Diego Zoo in 1916, stands at the Zoo entrance. It honors the iconic status of lions in San Diego Zoo history and makes for a memorable photo opportunity for guests.
Lion - San Diego Zoo
Lions are famous for their sonorous roar but have other forms of communication as well, mostly used to mark territory. They spread their scent by rubbing their muzzle on tufts of grass or shrubs, and they rake the earth with their hind paws, as the paws have scent glands, too.
Saving The African Lion In North American Zoos
Mar 14, 2013 · Results from this research will help us to identify ways to control reproduction safely and effectively and ensure a healthy population of lions in zoos for the future.
Lion - Indianapolis Zoo
The lion is the strong, stealthy hunter of the African Plains, living in social groups called prides. See the lions in Plains at the Indy Zoo.
African Lion - San Francisco Zoo & Gardens
At the Zoo. You can look for our lions in one of the big cat grottoes in Cat Kingdom. Lions sleep for as many as 20 hours a day, so don’t be surprised if you find them resting!
African Lion - The Maryland Zoo
See our African lions in the African Journey area of the Zoo. Lions prefer to hunt in tall grasses that provide cover so that they can stalk their prey, get very close, and then attack. Several lionesses will try to converge on a single prey and bring it down together.
African Lion - Philadelphia Zoo
In zoos, they typically live 15-20 years but can live as long as 30 years. Diet: As opportunistic feeders, lions will hunt anything that is available from small and large vertebrates to carrion. Their preferred sources of food in the wild are wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, and giraffes.