Animals

Competition amongst carnivores is often fierce, as seen in this battle between two of Nature’s most social predator species.

With many mouths to feed, the patience of these lionesses was strained at times.

When a lioness attempted to hunt buffalo, the odds were always stacked against her.

Damage to the public road leading to Orpen Gate leads to immediate closure.

Under a brilliant blue sky, two leopards face a sudden herd invasion defending their turf. One leopard’s treetop feast turns tense as elephants crash the party, charging the trunk and shaking branches in a fit of fury.

A couple of baboons decided to pick a fight with a fierce mongoose family in Marloth Park. They grabbed tails and flung some of the adults skyward in a desperate bid for a hidden baby.

It was boomslang versus chameleon in this rare showdown filmed by Darryl Sheedy in the Kruger National Park.

This joyful elephant put on a grand show for Mariska and Yolandi in the Kruger National Park, when it ducked and dived in and out of a river.

It’s not always Hakuna Matata for warthogs in the wild, nor are lions friendly to warthogs like in the movie, the Lion King.

A cunning hyena turns a giraffe carcass into its personal bunker during a chaotic feeding frenzy at Savannah Game Reserve. The move left vultures, wild dogs, and onlookers alike stunned.

A hungry leopard desperately tried to steal an impala kill from a hyena in this memorable moment filmed by Dave Reed in the Timbavati.

A young leopard’s curiosity turns into a full-on assault when it discovers a pangolin at night. Guide Jan-Harm Burger captured the tense standoff, where an armoured oddity tested a predator’s patience under flashlight beams.

Wild dogs drag down a drought-weakened buffalo on vast Zambian plains, only for nearby lions to crash the kill and “rescue” the victim…for their own dinner. Safari guide Mark Winckler of Classic Zambia captured this dawn drama, flipping predator-prey roles in seconds.

A leopard’s masterful stalk along a sandy riverbed nearly pays off, but one sharp-eyed impala’s alarm call shatters the ambush just as she closes in. This tense game of hide-and-seek showcases a predator’s stealth against vigilant prey, with vehicles potentially playing an unexpected role in the hunt.

The Kruger National Park set the stage for this epic wildebeest win, when the creature evaded the onslaught of a fast-approaching cheetah.

It was honey badger versus porcupine in this dramatic sighting filmed in Springerbaai in the Western Cape.

A lightning-fast leopard shot across the road targeting an impala on the other side, which was about to become its next meal!

This pack of wild managed to corner an unlucky impala that had no way to escape their jaws!

A near-white zebra foal moves silently through the savanna alongside its herd, glowing like a ghost against the green grass. Ranger Ronald Mutero of Selati Camp captured one of the rarest sightings the bush has to offer.

A lightning-quick leopard let an impala take one last drink before bringing it down quick and clean!