• Tagged animals, black lions, exotic big cats, jaglion, leopons, liger, liliger, lion hybrids, lions, tiglons, tigons, white lions

From mythical black lions, lions made black by mud, to marvelous white lions and mystical lion hybrids, here’s a look at what is myth and what real . . . even if some of these lion hybrids seem like they might not be real like ligers, tigons, jaglion, leopons, and lil-ligers. [49 Photos]

• Tagged adventure, Africa, Africa safari, animal adventure, animal safari, animals, cheetah, lions, safari, travel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, wildebeests, zebra

Africa is not the only place on Earth to go on a safari, but it surely offers some of the best safari adventures around. Most of the African safari reserves have all the big five animals: the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo. It’s now always easy to get photos of all on them on one safari, especially the nocturnal leopard. But these photographers did a great job of sharing with us the beautiful beasts they captured with their camera while on safari. So sit back and relax, let’s do some animal watching on this virtual safari. [40 Photos]