Lion

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lion : a large heavily built social cat (Panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae; it is a muscular, deep-chested cat with a short, 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 the former and 120 to 182 kg (265 to 400 lb) for the latter. Male lions have a prominent mane, which is the most recognizable feature of the species. A lion pride consists of a few adult males, related 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. — Wikipedia

Lion (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Lion (One Zoom)
Lion (WolframAlpha)

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Inspiration

GoPro VR: For the Love of Lions (GoPro, YouTube 360° Video)

Lion Cam (Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute)
Lion Cam (Reid Park Zoo)

Talks about Lions (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)

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Innovation

Science

Mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as “mastology,” “theriology,” and “therology.” The major branches of mammalogy include natural history, taxonomy and systematics, anatomy and physiology, ethology, ecology, and management. — Wikipedia

Mammalogy (Encyclopædia Britannica)

The Science of Mammalogy (The American Society of Mammalogists)

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Preservation

History

Lions (World History Encyclopedia)

Library

DDC: 599.757 Lions (Library Thing)
Subject: Lions (Library Thing)

Subject: Lions (Open Library)

LCC: QL 737.C2 Lions (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Lions (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QL 737.C2 Lions (Library of Congress)
Subject: Lions (Library of Congress)

Subject: Lions (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Occupation

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

News

Lions (EurekaAlert, American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Lions (bioRxiv: Preprint Server for Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Lions (JSTOR)
Lions (Science Daily)
Lions (Science News)
Lions (Phys.org)
Lions (NPR Archives)

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Zoo-housed lions show wild-style behaviors when...
on August 6, 2026 at 3:40 pm
A new Australian study has found that feeding zoo-housed lions whole-animal carcasses on a feast-and-fast schedule encourages behaviors more closely aligned with those seen in the wild.
Pumas make roads safer for drivers by changing...
on August 5, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Living among large predatory carnivores could actually make you safer. A study published in the journal Current Biology found that pumas—wild cats also known as mountain lions, cougars or panthers—change deer behavior, leading to fewer collisions with cars on roadways. In areas where puma occupancy is high, the authors report a significant reduction in the total expected number of collisions over a 5-year period.
Bird flu decimated South America's marine...
on August 5, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Australia is now confronting an outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain. As of Monday, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus had been detected in 78 wild birds across mainland Australia. Until now, there had been no evidence of a large-scale outbreak.
Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan...
on August 4, 2026 at 6:46 am
Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke, and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with high humidity.
Tiny predatory bacteria help protect endangered...
on August 3, 2026 at 6:20 pm
A microscopic predator may offer a new way to protect some of the Caribbean's most endangered corals. Georgia Tech researchers found that tiny predatory bacteria can halt the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting and consuming pathogens responsible for the infection.