This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the ... Lions took pride of place at the Tower's entrance, fearsome gatekeepers serving as a symbol of ...

William the Conqueror used two lions on a red background as his coat of arms and brought this symbol to the English ... lions on a red background, adding a lion to William the Conqueror's two ...

Powerful and majestic, the king of the beasts has no natural predators. But unthinkably, African lion numbers have plummeted by over 40% in the last three generations, due to loss of living space and ...