You probably have a good idea what a lion sounds like. Cue mighty roar. But scientists have just discovered that lions have a second, previously unnoticed type of roar, challenging long-held beliefs ...

How do you tell large dangerous animals apart while staying safe? Well, one way for lions has been to identify them through their roar. For a long time it was believed that lions only had one kind of ...

Lions use two roar types. Full roars reveal identity and show how regional accent differences support better lion surveys.

'The Lion King' sound pro Christopher Boyes talked to The Hollywood Reporter about the process of creating the new film's stampede, animal sounds and iconic roar. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “We’d ...

Scientists have discovered a whole new type of roar produced by African lions, indicating the big cat’s communication could be more complex than commonly believed. Researchers from the University of ...

Anastasia Scott is an Editorial Assistant at Discover Magazine. Her work focuses on bringing clarity and creativity to scientific ideas. View Full Profile. For decades, a lion’s roar was thought to be ...

DETROW: Or some version of that sound. This particular roar comes courtesy of a lion named Jeronimo (ph). Well, what if I told you that this sound... (SOUNDBITE OF LION ROARING) DETROW: ...Was also a ...

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Mountain lions are known by many names: panthers, pumas, cougars, and catamounts, for example. However, there is one moniker that perfectly describes one of their more unusual characteristics: the ...

Plenty of children love to do impressions of their favorite animals, but one little girl has blown them all out of the water. Five-year-old Riley lives with her mom, Amy Scott, 31, in Scotland, and ...

Hilarious footage that showed a lion roaring back and forth with a zoo guest recently resurfaced and the internet is in stitches. The video, which was originally filmed at the London Zoo by a YouTuber ...