The Barbary lion which once roamed in North Africa freely is now extinct in the wild. It was one of the largest subspecies of lions, with a dark, heavy mane darker than other lions. The Barbary ...

The extinct Barbary lion population of the lion subspecies Panthera Leo was also known as the North African lion, Berber lion, Atlas lion, and Egyptian lion. It existed in the mountains and desert ...

This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...

Barbary lions, also referred to as Atlas lions, are the largest lion subspecies, known to populate large portions of North Africa. Zoo keepers noticed that Samson, who lived in the Hai-Kef zoo ...