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 … ...

No one is able to estimate with authority a liger’s lifespan. It seems to be shorter than those of a lion (up to 25 years in captivity) or a tiger (up to 20 years in captivity).

A liger, Zita, walks with her month-old cub at Russia's Novosibirk Zoo. Ligers are the offspring of a female tiger and male lion.

Two "liger" cubs — the offspring of a Bengal tiger mother, Beauty, and African lion father, Simba — were born at a private Taiwan zoo last week. (See a liger.) Intentionally crossbreeding the ...

The liger is the offspring of a male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris). There is another type of lion-tiger hybrid called a tigon, which results from the breeding of a male ...

Trainer Moksha Bybee, 30, added: ‘The liger’s aggression is tempered by the mother tiger which gives them a greater social capacity. They love rolling against you and wanting to touch and play.’ ...

Since the liger has a lion as its male parent, it takes on more interesting characteristics of the lion than its female tiger parent, however, features of both parents are present. For instance ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Taiwanese government will fine a private zoo operator for cross-breeding a lion and a tiger, resulting in the birth of three liger cubs, an official says.

Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, owner of Myrtle Beach Safari, rests by Hercules, a liger — a hybrid of a tiger and lion — and the ...