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Lion: is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a small, rounded head, a reduced neck and round ears, and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. The lion is sexually dimorphic; males are larger than females with a typical weight range of 150 to 250 kg (330 to 550 lb) for males and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 400 lb) for females. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognisable feature of the species. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, similar females and cubs. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The species is an apex and keystone predator, although they scavenge when opportunities occur. Some lions have been known to hunt humans, although the species typically does not.
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JUL 19, 2017
Immunology
Forest Bathing: How a Quick, Leisurely Visit to the Forest Can Reduce Stress and Boost the Immune System A Japanese conc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2017
Videos
Scientists could not have been more surprised to see a five-year-old lioness nursing a young leopard cub in Tanzania's N
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 15, 2017
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 29, 2017
Plants & Animals
Along with rhino horns and elephant tusks, another animal body part that often gets illegally traded into Asian countrie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
A group that calls themselves Animal Defenders International (ADI) rescued a grand total of 33 lions in 2016 and placed
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Sea lions may not look very threatening, but they have the potential to cause quite a bit of trouble. Image Credit: Kdsp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2017
Videos
You may know the mountain lion by one of its many other names: cougar, puma, catamount, panther. This animal is the larg
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 11, 2017
Earth & The Environment
When I first walked off the plane onto the red earth of Baltra Island, I immediately got the feeling that I was in anoth
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 20, 2017
Plants & Animals
In case you’ve never heard about the tale of the man-eating lions of Tsavo, two lions essentially terrorized a gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
A family based out of Hillsborough, California were in for quite a shock one morning as a few loud noises coming from th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2016
Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2016
Plants & Animals
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Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
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Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
As a part of increased enforcement of laws that make wildlife trafficking illegal for a number of species, 33 lions that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 31, 2016
Videos
This National Geographic video shows close-up footage of a pride of lionesses in the midst of a hunt. An adult giraffe i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Los Angeles Zoo recently suffered an unfortunate tragedy when its zookeepers discovered the carcass of one of its koalas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
What if we told you dogs and even come primates have the ability to see, yes see, magnetic fields? New research h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard