This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. They say that cats have nine lives, but they don’t say that about the Serengeti lion. Life is hard and precarious on ...

Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...

Within the exhibit are pieces such as a 2018 photograph by Gosette Lubondo. In it, the photographer’s subject is a Congolese ...

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The next you are seeing the paintings as if all other art—all civilization ... that left the African homeland some 60,000 years ago, taking a route through the Middle East and what is now ...

It was driven by the sultanates of the Middle East. African slaves ended up as sailors in Persia, pearl divers in the Gulf, soldiers in the Omani army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia ...

A loaded hunting rifle and ammunition were found next to the body, South African ... Foundation says lion bones and other body parts are increasingly sought-after in South East Asia, where they ...

East West Floats ... His interest in Chinese art and calligraphy naturally dovetailed with martial arts in the art of lion dancing. The art of lion and dragon repair and fabrication has given ...

Voters chose from a list of African-inspired names, referencing the species of the cubs (African lion), and Jasiri and Azizi maintained the lead for the entire two-week period. The playful and ...

By Paul Rozycki In a year when we’ve seen a sitting president step aside from his certain nomination, a former president ...