Animals

In this crazy encounter, curiosity poked the cat (quite literally), when two porcupines tempted a hungry leopard. Read on to find out what happened when this spotted predator gambled with the wrong prey.

A golf course at Leopard Greek, just outside the Kruger National Park’s Malelane Gate set the stage for a memorable confrontation between two wired-up black mamba snakes.

In this brief but heartwarming encounter, a mother badger enjoys a playful moment with her two rambunctious babies. This rare glimpse of tenderness demonstrates that love and learning often go hand in hand in the wild.

This curious cat investigates a GoPro camera she found lying in the bush, making for some incredible up close and personal footage.

It would be difficult to say who was the most surprised when a partially blind male leopard casually joined crocodiles in a feeding frenzy.

Watching wildlife can be confusing at times, especially when behaviours are hard to explain. In this video, an elephant’s posing and gestures are a case in point.

Three cheetahs found themselves in a dicey position as a pack of wild dogs came sniffing around their meal in a classic cats versus dogs standoff.

In this bizarre sighting, a three-way brawl erupts between some fearless honey badgers. Witness nature at its wildest in a sighting that will leave you stunned!

On a warm sunny day, one clever badger digs in (literally) to save its hard-earned kill for another day! In a world centred around consumption, this badger reminds us that some predators must use clever survival strategies for future feasts.

This baby buffalo proves that size isn’t everything as it faces down the world’s largest land animal, despite barely reaching its knees.

A stunning moment for a mother and calf’s bond has been captured in film. All the calf’s first, breath, walk, and milk in one singular frame in the brutal African bush.

The playful moments between two black bear cubs were caught on film by Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature.

The clumsy, drunken behaviour of a herd of elephants caused quite a spectacle in the MalaMala Game Reserve recently.

An impala ram put on a memorable display of bravery when it fought for its life in spite of gruesome injuries inflicted by a pack of vicious wild dogs.

Hyena vs Wild dog… which species will win? Merrell Foote captured a real-life encounter between the two predatory species in a recent visit to the Kruger National Park.

It’s dinnertime for two hyenas which use pack tactics to bring down an unfortunate kudu that can’t defend itself against two at a time.

A red fox mother looks after a particularly large litter foxes, amazing everyone who watches her antics through Judy Lehmberg of Epic Nature’s video clips.

Zaheer and Asma Ali witnessed what must’ve been one of the sweetest exchanges between man and nature they had ever seen, when a baby blue wildebeest mistakenly latched onto a blue vehicle, thinking it to be his mother! This breathtakingly cute moment happened in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

An overzealous leopard cub kept his mom on her toes with his climbing antics, climbing a tree and then falling on top of her!

These two javelinas have a falling out so severe, that it leads to a physical confrontation.