Animals

The finest field guides in southern Africa are competing for the most prestigious title in safari guiding. Meet the five remarkable finalists hoping to be crowned Safari Guide of the Year 2026.

In this video, a kingfisher prepares to devour a rather unusual catch.

A pride of lions made excellent use of the terrain to bring down a giraffe.

Sad news has been received from the Sabi Sand Reserve regarding the fate of a much-loved leopard.

An elephant’s trunk is one of the most fascinating and unusual appendages. However, as this footage shows, it doesn’t come with an instruction manual.

By all accounts, elephants just love water. In this video, there are some interesting social dynamics at play.

Tommy Goossens witnessed firsthand the skillful hunting of a lone cheetah while on a drive down the S28 in the Kruger National Park.

Meals are hot property in the bushveld, as Greg Heasman recently witnessed in a sighting by White Dam.

As two antelopes fought for the right to breed, little did they realise that death was closing in.

In this video, a leopard’s attempted hunt is thwarted by its prey’s chaotic response.

Along the H14, a herd of elephants made it very clear that some boundaries are non-negotiable. When hyenas pushed their luck, the elephants pushed back harder.

Leopards are the epitome of grace and deadly efficiency, except when they’re not.

As a kingfisher got ready to eat, it was rudely interrupted by a toothy neighbour.

Hyenas are always on the lookout for a free meal. Success largely depends on who they’re trying to steal from.

This hippo got trapped on land with lions all around it in Zambia. For a moment, it looked like the lions had it exactly where they wanted it. But then the hippo spotted a small stream and made a dash for it. The lions chased, but the hippo ended up embarrassing them by bashing through…

This mongoose showed no fear when tackling one of Africa’s deadliest snakes.

As any mother will attest, toddlers can be a handful. As this video shows, the same is true in Nature.

Near the remote wilderness of Crooks Corner, wildlife enthusiast Wihantjie Nel captured something that stopped her breath: a young elephant calf, trunk cut short by deformity, dropping to its knees to graze with quiet, determined dignity.

Watch as this ground-nesting bird corrals a snake away from its nest.

When an elephant herd felt threatened, one individual showed no mercy.