In short, the pictures were authentic, as were most details in the claim. However, the lion cub was radiocarbon-dated to about 28,000 years before present (BP), rather than 26,000 years.

In mid-October 2024, a collage of two images spread on social media allegedly showing a "perfectly preserved cave lion cub from the Ice Age" that was "about 26,000 years old.". One Facebook post ...

A lion cub explores its new home at the Pepper Family Wildlife Center. Jabari, the father of the three cubs, walks around the Pepper Family Wildlife Center on April 14, 2023, at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park in Hershey has named its 5-month-old mountain lion cub, Fern. Fern will not be introduced to the public until the summer of 2023.

A lion cub, only a few months old, was taken to a zoo in northern Serbia on Thursday after it was seen wandering on a local road, officials and media said.

Theo Somolu stars as Young Taka, a high-spirited young lion cub with royal roots. While on playing in the savanna, he comes across a fellow lion cub named Mufasa who's been washed away from his pride.

The birth of another endangered African lion cub at Zoo Knoxville was thrilling news. The female cub, born on June 16, was the third offspring of father Upepo and mother Amara, and a full sibling ...

A lion cub confiscated from Pakistani YouTube star Rajab Butt, growls inside his enclosure, at a safari zoo in Lahore on January 28, 2025. ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images ...

Researchers reviewed over 260 videos for the study and formed a 49-video database that they felt was representative of typical tourist-lion interactions at cub-petting facilities.

Veterinary staff at the Oakland Zoo and state wildlife officials are closely monitoring the condition of a female mountain lion cub who was found at a home in Santa Cruz. The cub — named ...