Found only in Gujarat’s Gir Forest, they are a subspecies of lions that live in dry forests. They are unique to India.

This is despite an increase in prey animals within the Gir forest -- the only natural habitat of the Asiatic lion -- over the past six years. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav ...

A recent taxonomic study has suggested that the Barbary lion is the same subspecies as the Asiatic and West African populations, though not all experts agree with this classification. The Barbary ...

A video is going viral on social media, showing an Asiatic lion slowing down to walk across the Bhavnagar-Somnath Highway in Gujarat.

The endangered Asiatic lions started showing signs of illness over the weekend, prompting officials to order coronavirus tests. The infected big cats, along with five others at the Night Safari ...

It is said that Van Vihar is the first wildlife park in Madhya Pradesh to have a pair of original Asiatic lions. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A pair of Asiatic lions was released into the display ...

This is despite an increase in prey animals within the Gir forest -- the only natural habitat of the Asiatic lion -- over the past six years. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, citing data ...

since the death of its last lion, Jimmy, in 2014. Jimmy, a 16-year-old African-Asiatic hybrid lion, passed away in 2014 after a prolonged illness. Born at the Byculla zoo in 1998 to African lion ...