Here's the tragic story of how Cecil the lion was killed by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer. Read Palmer's full statement here. Produced by Devan Joseph. Video courtesy of Reuters. Follow BI Video ...

A 13-year-old male lion named Cecil was pursued and brutally killed by a dentist from Minnesota along with two Zimbabwean men on a trophy hunt. Cecil lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe and ...

One of Cecil the lion's researchers speaks out about how the beloved animal was lured off of protected land by hunters and killed Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The hunter said to have lured a beloved lion named Cecil out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, to be shot and killed as a trophy, has been identified by authorities as Walter James Palmer ...

Thought to be extinct in the wild, this lion’s story isn’t over yet. We explore its history, the efforts to bring it back, and whether any true Barbary lions might still exist today. More for You ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Xanda the son of Cecil the Lion, is seen with two lionesses at Hwange National Park ...

The extinct Barbary lion population of the lion subspecies Panthera Leo was also known as the North African lion, Berber lion, Atlas lion, and Egyptian lion. It existed in the mountains and desert ...

People were intrigued, and so was I, so I dug into the back-story of how the lion ended up there. The photo, taken in 2005, depicts a then-2-year-old baby Barbary lion named Samson. Barbary lions ...