The Barbary lion is one example. This subspecies, also known as the North African lion, Atlas lion, and Egyptian lion, once lived across North Africa in an area known as the Maghreb, which spans ...

MikeLane45 / Getty Images. The Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) was a native of the Atlas Mountains of Africa, which include parts of Morocco, Algeria, and Maghreb.Being a cold-weather animal, they ...

As part of the study, the researchers assembled genomes of individuals from three other extinct lineages: Barbary lions of North Africa; Middle Eastern lions; and Cape lions of South Africa.

Sultan the Barbary lion in captivity at New York Zoo, 1897. Indian lions could help bring the now extinct Barbary lions of North Africa back to life, claims a study. Wikimedia Commons.

The big cats described in this article should not be considered “pets.” To anyone living in rural Butler County, animals such ...

At the time, the Barbary lion roamed across much of Africa. The two well-preserved lion skulls were recovered during excavations of the moat at the Tower of London in 1937. They have been radiocarbon ...

Barbary lions originally roamed northern Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. But they were declared extinct in the wild in 1922, after centuries of over-exploitation and habitat destruction by humans. Some ...