African lionesses in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
© Daniel J Cox/Getty Images
African lionesses in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Happy National Girlfriends Day! (Relax, lazy boyfriends. It’s for girls who are friends. You don’t need to run out and buy flowers. Actually, go ahead and do that anyway.) Lionesses make terrific girlfriends. They form the foundation of the pride. They help rear each other’s cubs, they protect the pride, and they do the majority of the hunting. These three are sticking close together in the grasslands of Kenya’s protected Masai Mara Reserve. The males? Probably sleeping in the shade somewhere.
Related Images
Cheetah in morning rain, Ndutu Plains, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Female lions in the forest surrounding Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Male African lion and cub in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in southern Africa
Grotesques at York Minster, North Yorkshire, England
Lion cubs hiding in tall grass in the Kalahari Desert region of Botswana
For Siblings Day, lion cubs wrestling in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves in Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
A lion cub and mother in Sabi Sabi Game Reserve, South Africa
Bing Today Images
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aug 01, 2025
Floating market, Kaptai Lake, Rangamati, Bangladesh
Aug 01, 2024
Climber on Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska
Aug 01, 2023
Barley field in East Lothian, Scotland
Aug 01, 2021
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Aug 01, 2019
Female nyalas, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Aug 01, 2017
