This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. They say that cats have nine lives, but they don’t say that about the Serengeti lion. Life is hard and precarious on ...

Owing to the number of prey species, the Serengeti has the world’s largest population of lions. In 2013, the great migration was judged to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.

Q: You really did get up close and personal with the lions. A: We did. We had incredible intimacy. Our car was closer than close, just a few feet away. We saw cubs when they were tiny and watched ...

The Serengeti, a huge ecosystem in east-central ... There’s just one problem - she had them with a male from outside of her pride. Lions are the only big cats to live in large family units ...

Lion who was 'king' of the Serengeti 'had no chance' against rivalsLion who was 'king' of the Serengeti 'had no chance' against rivals ...

Charlie was filming lions around the Gol Kopjes area of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania when he came across these cheetahs. They, too, were watching lions. ‘Once the danger had gone,’ Charlie ...

And in the plains of Togoro, halfway between Seronera and Lobo in the northern part of the Serengeti, there are very special kopjes. Lions lie on them to bask in the sun. The warmth of the stone ...

Difficult times are built in to the life cycle on the Serengeti. Every year there is a dry season which tests the survival instincts of every species. Difficult times make for hard choices. Lions ...