In natural history films, lionesses are usually portrayed as the hunters of the pride, while male lions mope around under shady trees. But males are no layabouts - they're effective killers in their ...

An elephant and a lion engaged in a comical standoff recently at a well in South Africa before the plucky pachyderm provided the punch line. (Watch the video below.) In a video posted by the wildlife ...

A baby elephant, left behind by its mother, was forced to fend for itself when a group of lions took an interest in the vulnerable calf. The recent encounter occurred around 6:30 a.m. just north of ...

Contributing writer Chris Colin travels halfway around the world with his family to take a first-of-its-kind safari, and ...

A mother elephant ran across the road in a hurry without realizing that she left her baby behind. Lions spotted the lost calf and saw an opportunity. Fifty-five-year-old Brent Schnupp, a paramedic ...

A mother elephant led its twins to a watering hole in Chobe National Park in Botswana unaware about the danger lurking nearby. A tour guide in the park located in Botswana captured video of the very ...

This season, the Elephant Project teams up with Pedro de la Cruz to auction one of his original paintings to raise money for the creation of a lion stuffed animal. The Elephant Project currently sells ...

Lions eat people. In fact, they eat them all the time. And although the news last week focused on a suspected rhino poacher who was eaten by lions after being trampled by elephants, the story may tell ...

President Obama banned U.S. citizens from bringing home elephant and lion trophies from Zambia and Zimbabwe. In November, 2017, Trump’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reversed that ban until Trump ...

This week, WildlifeDirect is celebrating World Lion Day and World Elephant Day by taking 100 children to Samburu National Reserve for a 3-day camping expedition from August 12-14. This week, ...

Wildlife across the globe is imperiled by habitat destruction, climate change, war, wildfires and poaching. Yet even as populations of vulnerable animals dwindle, hunting them for trophies remains ...