The lions that roamed the plains of northern Botswana were dying. One by one, the big cats were succumbing to poisoned bait planted by exasperated villagers. The lions had been chipping away at their ...

Malome, meaning ‘uncle’, was named because of his unusual relationship with the Xudum Pride; one of the biggest lion prides ...

In most places, a 250-kilogram lion would sound like a stretch. But in northern Botswana, people who spend their lives around wildlife kept noticing something unusual. Lions in the Duba Plains looked ...