Animals

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.

New life is always special, especially when you get to witness its arrival. Share the love in this heart-warming footage.

As all mothers know, it seldom helps to panic. In this footage, a mother warthog keeps calm as danger lurks.

Of all the ingredients that go into a successful lion hunt, the element of surprise is one of the most important. As this footage shows, even that does not ensure success.

In a fresh take on wetlands management, African conservationists are putting animals first in protecting these precious habitats. We look at the proposal and how it affects two South African national parks.

After the recent heavy rains in the Greater Kruger region, it is hard to imagine a time when a lack of water caused problems. This story features humans coming to the aid of an antelope in deep trouble.

Some marabou storks and vultures scavenged side by side on a kill by a waterhole in the Serengeti.