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 ...

If you’re watching the new “The Lion King” at the movie theater this weekend, you just might catch glimpses of a lion cub from the Dallas Zoo. The zoo sent Disney animators video of 1-month-old Bahati ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tuesday marked the big Hollywood premiere of the new “Lion King,” and star Donald Glover showed up to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” ...

Disney’s got a certified summer blockbuster with the remake of “The Lion King”: It’s made almost half a billion dollars at the box office in only a couple weeks. And one real-life lion cub had a hand ...

Oftentimes our furry friends can remind us of some of our favorite animal characters from books, TV shows and movies. A baby lion cub at the Cougar Mountain Zoo in Washington is a great example. This ...

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 ...