Lions

With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure muscle, sharp eyes, agile reflexes, and crushing fanged jaws, lions are certainly not a predator most animals have any interest in messing with. Especially seeing as they also have the smarts to hunt in packs."Lions are the biggest group-hunting land predator on the planet, and thus ought to be the scariest," conservation biologist Michael Clinchy from Western University in Canada said in 2023.But in over 10,000 recordings of wildlife on the African savannah, 95…

A study in East Africa has found that invasive ants are altering ecosystems by reducing tree cover, affecting lions’ ability to hunt zebras. This change forces lions to adapt by targeting more formidable prey like buffaloes. The research emphasizes the unexpected impact of small species on large ecosystems and highlights ongoing efforts to find solutions to preserve the landscape.What makes the little old ant think he can disrupt the life of an African lion? Researchers say it’s more than just high hopes.In a study…

The lion’s share of a state-backed solid minerals company, currently in the works, will go to private investors and the public who will be able to own not less than three-quarters of its shareholding. While the government will hold up to 25 per cent in the so-called Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, the public will hold the same proportion of stake, while the rest is planned to be owned by private investors, Minister Dele Alake told a conference arranged by BusinessDay in Abuja on Tuesday. The idea is to make…

In a stark example of how everything on our living planet is interconnected, one species of tiny, invasive insects has reduced lions' abilities to feast on zebras.As we humans are causing so many different changes to our environment all at once, it's not always easy to pin the consequence on the disturbance that produced it.So University of Wyoming zoologist Douglas Kamaru and colleagues performed a series of experiments to untangle the mess of species interactions on Kenya's savanna to discover an outsized impact a mere…

The lion’s share of a state-backed solid minerals company, currently in the works, will go to private investors and the public who will be able to own not less than three-quarters of its shareholding. While the government will hold up to 25 per cent in the so-called Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, the public will hold the same proportion of stake, while the rest is planned to be owned by private investors, Minister Dele Alake told a conference arranged by BusinessDay in Abuja on Tuesday. The idea is to make…

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It almost sounds like a fairytale: a tiny ant dramatically impacting a giant lion. But thanks to a study that reveals just how interconnected all life forms really are, researchers have just figured out that it happened on the savannas of Africa.Sometime around the turn of the last century, an invasive ant species known as Pheidole megacephala, believed to come from the island of Mauritius, began to establish itself in earnest at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. These big-headed ants, as they are more commonly known,…

January 25, 20244min readBig-headed ants are invading new territories in Kenya—and the consequences are rippling through the whole ecosystem, scientists have foundBy Meghan BartelsYoung female (L) and male lions stalk prey within a “pristine” (uninvaded) savanna. The whistling-thorn trees in the foreground provide cover used by lions to stalk and ambush plains zebra. The majestic lions of Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy may never notice the tiny ants that have recently moved into the neighborhood—but the agile predators…

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