Cat Tales resident Kimber, a liger, died Monday, according to Mike Wyche, a spokesman for Cat Tales Zoological Park. The liger, a lion and tiger mix, was popularized in the 2004 movie “Napoleon ...

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.

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 animals ...

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 ...

But there are many who argue that it should not happen. Napoleon Dynamite got the parts of the liger right, but they're not bred for their "skills in magic." Those opposed to crossbreeding would claim ...

These adorable pictures show three rare liger cubs that have recently been born at a a zoo in Russia. All of the cubs were born female and are a rare mix between a lion and a tiger; the biggest known ...

Lots of domestic animals are crossbred to make new breeds. Among dogs, for instance, a Siberian retriever is a cross between a Siberian husky and a Labrador retriever, while a cockapoo is a cocker ...

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 ...