While working on the animal, the team also tested the sea lion's blood and attached identification tags.

Becoming a king of lions is as dramatic in real life as it is in the movies. A new four-part documentary series, Lion, captures the journey of a cub named Kio in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve ...

Jon Favreau’s LION follows a lion from cub to king, revealing how nature, technology and immersive filmmaking bring an authentic story to the screen.

Executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton shared details about the upcoming docuseries “LION” at D23 ...

When renowned wildlife producer Mike Gunton approached “The Lion King” director Jon Favreau about collaborating on a documentary, the director, who had never made a doc, immediately said yes. It was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The name “lion” doesn’t only apply to the king of the ...

The scientific name of a lion is Panthera leo. This classification system is called binomial nomenclature. The Asiatic lion population in India has grown by 32.2%. Scientific name of lion: Lions are ...

Learn more about the king of the jungle in this docuseries produced by Jon Favreau — here's how to watch 'Lion' online from anywhere.

A mountain lion spotted in Griffith Park in mid-May drew comparisons to celebrity puma P-22, who inhabited the green space for a decade. The lion, which was not collared, is believed to have died over ...