lion
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He noted the peninsula had once been home to animals such as pronghorn, sea otter, North American porcupine, Humboldt marten, gray wolf, American black bear, grizzlies, northern fur seal and Steller sea lion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Hubble Space Telescope previously observed the nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Luena, a 15-year-old female lion, died on Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Make sure the lion or owl is in business attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The lion was now pacing up and down, walking in small circles.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
It also can wreak havoc on wildlife, with numerous pelicans and sea lions being poisoned in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Earlier research modeled what would happen to deer-vehicle collisions if mountain lions recolonized the eastern United States, where they once roamed before hunting and habitat destruction left them largely confined to the West.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Suraci said it isn't yet feasible to work backwards and estimate how many deaths, injuries and economic damage the mountain lions have prevented.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
They were neither mammoth slaughterhouses nor places to shelter from rain or hide from lions.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
