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 ...

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 An extinct ...

The restoration of the extinct North African Barbary lion has attracted the attention of conservationists both inside and outside North Africa." Related Australia's dingo: Not a wolf, not a dog ...

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.

Using carbon dating, Museum scientists determined that one of the lions lived between 1420 and 1480. The other lived between 1280 and 1385, making it the oldest lion found in the UK since the ...