Animals

Elephants are extremely social animals, often forging lifelong bonds with one another. However, as this footage shows, for this to happen, one needs to know one’s place in the hierarchy.

Teamwork makes the dream work for this crocodile and stork pair, which hang out together peacefully eating their meal!

This poignant moment showcasing a leopard cub’s playful side was filmed by Marka Mashele at the Mala Mala Game Reserve.

This concealed leopard was minding its own business, when it had to scare away some tourists!

Some thirsty, sociable elephants satisfied their thirst at a bushveld manmade reservoir, while a herd of zebra looked on.

A freezing, abandoned hyena cub was found alone on concrete during a winter night in Zimbabwe, blind and fighting to survive. Now, after a desperate rescue by the team at Chipangali Wildlife Sanctuary, he has a second chance at life.

Lions are Africa’s largest predator, but like most creatures, they are entirely dependent on their mothers at birth. In this article, we witness a lioness’s clumsy tenderness with her weeks-old cub.

Two daring cheetahs took on a young giraffe in a desperate and risky hunting attempt!

For young animals, the world is a place of wonder. Everything needs to be investigated, but not everything is interesting, as these lion cubs found.

Competition amongst species is rife in the natural world. In this article, a jackal battles a flock of vultures for the remains of a kill.

If you’ve observed baby wild animals, you’ll know they’re busy little creatures. For these lion cubs, even a derelict home was fit for play.

While lions are cooperative hunters, it doesn’t mean they automatically share whatever they catch. This video illustrates the adage, “To the winner go the spoils.”

There is a mistaken belief that predators will automatically attack when confronted with potential prey. As this video shows, sometimes, they’re just not in the mood.

In Nature, as in life, size often determines who gets the right of way. There are no prizes for guessing which of these two species was the first to back off.

A hungry male lion climbed all the way up a tree to get a free meal, in full view of game viewers.

Alarming news as the conservation status of a much-loved, nocturnal primate is changed, hinting at a bleak future without them.

Watering holes are often the scene of dramatic action, as in this special sighting when an elephant threw something of a tantrum when a herd of buffalo approached the watering hole where it was drinking.

The Sabi Sands Game Reserve recently set the stage for a dramatic encounter between some leopards and a pride of lions from the Kambula pride.

It was white rhino vs black rhino plus a little drama in this recent spectacular sighting.

This dramatic moment saw a pack of wild dogs face to face with one of nature’s giants.