In the 2004 movie “Napoleon Dynamite,” the title character drew a sketch of a liger. “It’s pretty much my favorite animal. It’s a lion and a tiger mixed … bred for its skills in magic,” he said.

Behold Hercules the mighty liger – 900 pounds of big cat that’s part lion, part tiger and all humongous. This King Kong of cats is not the work of a mad scientist, but the product of a rarely seen ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Modern-day felines may be the ultimate mutts. Different species of cats mated with each other at several points in history, a new genetic study of felines reveals. These ancient cat hybrids may have ...