The roar of an African lion is one of the most iconic sounds of the animal kingdom. However, my new research suggests it should actually be separated into two distinct vocalisations: the full-throated ...

African lions have thunderous roars. The explosive sound rattles your eardrums when it booms in a nature documentary. But it turns out that the powerful roar we attribute to the big cats isn’t the ...

When we think of lions, we think of that magnificent roar. A boom of sound that warns predators of their fearsome presence. However, according to research published in Ecology and Evolution journal ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of lion roar — the intermediate roar — which is shorter and lower-pitched than the animal's iconic, full-throated roar. The researchers found that these ...

Roaring over long distances is a key behaviour of lions. They communicate within prides as well as with other animals using distinct sequences of moans and grunts. Scientists from the GAIA Initiative ...

Roaring over long distances is a key behavior of lions. They communicate within prides as well as with other animals using ...