This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ... Lions took pride of place at the Tower's entrance, fearsome ...

Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...

William the Conqueror used two lions on a red background as his coat of arms and brought this symbol to the English ... lions on a red background, adding a lion to William the Conqueror's two ...