With Shera’s passing, the title now belongs to Asante at the Topeka Zoo.

Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Thursday euthanized Shera, a 21-year-old lioness living there since 2006.

Cleo, the stately lioness and a popular mainstay at the Sacramento Zoo, has died. She was 19. Cleo was “one of the Zoo’s most cherished and iconic animals,” officials said in a statement Tuesday, ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure in a Brazilian zoo was fatally attacked in front of horrified visitors. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

One of the longtime Amarillo Zoo residents, Sarai, died of natural causes Thursday, March 12, at the age of 20, the City of Amarillo announced. For the past two decades, Amarillo Zoo visitors have ...

A zoo is optimistic it will be able to get a new lion following the death of a lioness who was the last of her pride and "such a great ambassador for her species". Kaya, who was born at Africa Alive ...

Dickerson Park Zoo announced the death of a lioness due to chronic kidney disease this week, according to a press release. Shetani, a 19-year-old lioness, was euthanized Feb. 3, 2026. She had been at ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure was fatally attacked in front of horrified zoo visitors. Gerson de Melo Machado, 19, was mauled to death after he invaded a lioness' ...