The roar of an African lion is one of the most iconic sounds of the animal kingdom. However, my new research suggests it should actually be separated into two distinct vocalisations: the full-throated ...

African lions have thunderous roars. The explosive sound rattles your eardrums when it booms in a nature documentary. But it turns out that the powerful roar we attribute to the big cats isn’t the ...

Did you know that sound can cause physical pain? It's true — humans typically start to feel pain at around 110 decibels. When standing just a few feet away, a lion's roar reaches about 114 decibels, ...

The thunderous roar of the MGM lion that has opened Hollywood films for nearly a century has conditioned us to hear the big cat’s call as a blunt declaration: a booming blast announcing power and ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of lion roar — the intermediate roar — which is shorter and lower-pitched than the animal's iconic, full-throated roar. The researchers found that these ...

When we think of lions, we think of that magnificent roar. A boom of sound that warns predators of their fearsome presence. However, according to research published in Ecology and Evolution journal ...

DETROW: Or some version of that sound. This particular roar comes courtesy of a lion named Jeronimo (ph). Well, what if I told you that this sound... (SOUNDBITE OF LION ROARING) DETROW: ...Was also a ...

Roaring over long distances is a key behavior of lions. They communicate within prides as well as with other animals using distinct sequences of moans and grunts. Scientists from the GAIA Initiative ...

Roaring over long distances is a key behaviour of lions. They communicate within prides as well as with other animals using distinct sequences of moans and grunts. Scientists from the GAIA Initiative ...