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- Lions are one of the quintessential species of Africa, but they once ranged much further. In the past their habitat included parts of Asia and Europe as well as most of the continent of Africa. Today, they are extinct in 94 percent of their historic range and are a vulnerable species in their remaining habitats in sub-Saharan Africa and India.
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Nov 1, 2022 · Africa’s disappearing lions have been the subject of animated discussion for years, but just how dire is the situation? Scientists now believe they have the answer: in five decades, the continent’s lion populations have declined by 75%.
Jul 18, 2019 · The iconic species has disappeared from 94 percent of its historic range, which once included almost the entire African continent but is now limited to less than 660,000 square miles.
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Sep 12, 2023 · Rapidly growing anthropogenic pressures on natural resources, particularly in Africa, suggest a challenging future for lions, and wildlife in general. With human-induced threats like habitat loss, prey depletion, and human-wildlife conflict, lions are increasingly being pushed to the brink.
Sep 12, 2023 · New results reveal that many of Africa’s remaining lions live within small, fragmented populations at risk of disappearing. The researchers developed a new framework which integrates ecological and socio-political risk factors to better understand the fragility of these populations.
Jun 13, 2023 · Globally, the lion population has dropped by 43% over the past 21 years. Lions are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN, with the species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. In many of the lion’s core ranges across Africa, populations have plummeted due to, among other reasons, habitat fragmentation and poaching.
Sep 4, 2020 · They’ve disappeared from well over 90 percent of their historic range in Africa in the last 120 years. And in the past quarter century alone, their population has declined by about half. But just...
Jan 25, 2021 · "The lion is Africa's signature wild animal, yet fewer than 20,000 remain in the entire continent, down from an estimated 100,000 five decades ago," says Logan. "At the current rate of decline,...
