The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), in collaboration with the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TWMA), has intensified investigations following the poisoning of six lions and 32 vultures in the ...

Evaluation of the main hypotheses proposed for the causes of decline and failure to recover of the western Steller sea lion population depends on understanding how food web linkages affect sea lions.

Lions are more than charismatic megafauna shaping the balance of species in the savannah food web. As such, their presence or absence can tell us a lot about the health of an ecosystem. Annual lion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The name “lion” doesn’t only apply to the king of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When people think of lions, the image that comes to mind is ...

A gray wolf (Canis lupus). Wolves once roamed Maine, but a bounty placed on them in 1838 led to their extirpation within five decades. Credit: Tracy Brooks, courtesy of Mission Wolf & USFWS The BDN ...

A new study in Kenya’s Mara conservancies finds lions increasingly avoiding areas used by Maasai livestock, even after the animals have moved on. Researchers suggest lions are responding not just to ...