Aside from humans, lions are the only predators powerful enough to kill an elephant. The males, being 50% heavier than the females, are especially suited to the task.

If you’re ever being attacked by a lion, find a herd of elephants as quickly as you can…but if they’re not led by an older female, you’re dead meat. It’s more remarkable evidence of ...

We’ve just had word from Madikwe Game Reserve of the first recorded elephant kill by lions in their reserve. (This awesome game lodge was also the site of this “Warthog versus Lion” photoblog.) Zoe ...

A baby elephant, left behind by its mother, was forced to fend for itself when a group of lions took an interest in the vulnerable calf. The recent encounter occurred around 6:30 a.m. just north ...

The lion population has increased in a major wildlife park in Mozambique partly because heavy poaching of elephants has provided the carnivores with a bounty of carcasses to eat as well as ...

A mother elephant ran across the road in a hurry without realizing that she left her baby behind. Lions spotted the lost calf and saw an opportunity.

African elephants are massive creatures, growing anywhere from 7 to 12 feet tall and weighing from 6,000 to 12,000 pounds. Even the fiercest lion would think twice before taking on an animal that ...

National Geographic announces it's acquired "Ghost Elephants," written, directed and narrated by Werner Herzog, who just received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice ...

An elephant and a lion engaged in a comical standoff recently at a well in South Africa before the plucky pachyderm provided the punch line. (Watch the video below.) In a video posted by the ...