In a recent breakthrough, archaeologists from the University of Wyoming have unearthed bone needles crafted from the bones of ...

of lion bones and arrested three people at Johannesburg airport in South Africa, the environment ministry said. The bones, which are prized in Asia for supposed medicinal benefits and to make ...

Trade in bones and other parts of lions faked as tiger products is thriving in Chinese and South East Asian markets, a leading wildlife group says. China's ban on the sale of tiger products has ...

In a push to end the breeding of lions in captivity, the government has urged breeders to hand over skeletons, skins, teeth and claws. The government has taken another step in its push to end the ...

As the infilling of bone grew it would have put pressure on to the spinal cord and possibly caused paralysis and blindness.' Today, zoos keep their lions healthy by feeding them more complete diets of ...

TRAFFIC study says exports have increased dramatically and calls for trade to be closely monitored A new study finds there is little evidence that the lion bone trade in South Africa is currently ...

Neanderthals hunted cave lions with wooden spears and feasted on their meat at least 48,000 years ago, according to a study of ancient bones. The research is the first to show how our prehistoric ...

African lions have been reduced from majestic kings of the jungle to commodities in the global lion bone trade, a situation that has led to steep population decline. While Kenya has slightly over ...

This analysis revealed that the needles were made from the bones of red foxes, hares or rabbits, bobcats, mountain lions, lynx, and the now-extinct American cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani ...