In 1898, two lions attacked dozens of people before Lt. Col. Patterson killed the cats. The Field Museum, #Z93658 They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were vilified ...

A post from the Kenya Museum Society re-ignited my interest in what must be one of the most re-told lion stories, in print and in films – about the man-eating lions of Tsavo. It was advertising an ...

Introduction : a confluence at Tsavo -- The reign of terror : the lions of Tsavo attack -- The terror continues : man-eating lions today -- Killing behavior and man ...

In 1996, Paramount Pictures released The Ghost and the Darkness, a historical horror-adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. The story is based on the true ...

A century after the infamous Tsavo lions were added to the Field Museum’s collection, scientists continue to uncover new details about the predators that once terrorized railway workers in Kenya.