Animals

Wild dogs are experts at spotting any weakness in their prey, and sometimes, that weakness comes from something unexpected. When an impala in Thornybush found itself fatally tangled in a fence, a nearby pack quickly turned an unfortunate accident into an easy meal.

As a cheetah was enjoying its meal, a herd of elephants stumbled upon it. To say that they overreacted would be an understatement.

What starts as a quiet night drive turns into an unexpectedly close encounter when curiosity gets the better of a hyena. Sometimes the wild’s most memorable moments come not from danger, but from innocent investigation.

A peaceful moment at a waterhole erupted into chaos when two lionesses decided to test their luck. What followed was a tense standoff that showed the delicate balance of predator-prey dynamics.

When wild animals regularly encounter vehicles, they soon become habituated to their presence. As this footage shows, sometimes they take it too far.

A lone buffalo calf’s final moments reveal the harsh realities of survival in the wild. When no help arrives, it becomes clear that this calf’s fate is sealed.

In this article, read how a snake made life difficult for itself when it caught a lizard.

To prevent scavengers from stealing their hard-earned kills. However, as this footage shows, things don’t always go according to plan.

Supported by an entourage of adult elephants, this newborn elephant took its first tentative steps in full view of game viewers at the Kruger National Park.

When a pair of cheetahs ambushed a blesbuck, the result was far from a foregone conclusion.

Berti Nolte recently witnessed an incredibly playful exchange between zealous cheetah cubs in a memorable sighting in northern KwaZulu-Natal.

In this hilarious sighting, the mighty king of the bush meets his unexpected match. It was not a rival pride or a buffalo charge that did him in, but a swarm of tiny, buzzing flies that refused to quit.

One of Kruger’s most beloved camps, Shingwedzi, is set to reopen this weekend.

In a rare and bizarre encounter, a massive hippo attempts to steal a fresh kill from a pack of relentless wild dogs. Instead of backing down, the dogs stand their ground. Why would a plant-eater crave meat? Watch this extraordinary standoff unfold in the wild and discover the surprising outcome.

A warthog ran off free as a bird after it screamed in an encounter with a hungry leopard in this incredible sighting filmed in the Kruger National Park.

This zebra was taken completely by surprise by a lioness acting alone in her hunting conquest.

A hornless rhino used its sheer size to bully a leopard away from a waterhole in this spectacular sighting.

A cold and windy afternoon at Royal Malewane set the scene for a spectacular sighting filmed by Andre Fourie when an impala was followed into the water by some hungry wild dogs.

This hunting leopard gave a crowd of tourists a scare when it arrived so suddenly in their midst!

This warthog came so close to realizing the intense danger it was in!