The Dallas Zoo sent Disney footage of their month-old lion cub "for motion and behavior references when designing Simba" Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

If you think baby Simba in the remake of The Lion King is cute, wait until you see the Texas lion cub Disney looked to in order to bring him to life. Though the heir to the animal kingdom resides in ...

A rare white lion cub has made its first public appearance at a zoo in east China, delighting visitors. The male cub, named Simba after the beloved character from Disney's The Lion King, was born on ...

THIS is the incredible moment a baboon rescued a lion cub from danger by holding it aloft – just like Rafiki did to Simba in The Lion King. Stunned safari guide Kurt Schultz, 43, captured the ...

A STUNNING photo of a lion cub bellowing “its first roar” has been revealed by a wildlife photographer. The moment will be familiar to fans of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ movie, where baby Simba ...

Singapore Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its first lion cub born through artificial insemination. Unfortunately, baby Simba will never get to meet his father Mufasa, because the geriatric lion was ...

Some may remember the infamous scene from the Disney classic Lion King when Simba goes to an empty valley to practise his roar. The clip has such a scandalous reputation because it’s right after Simba ...