Animals

When a helpless baby impala takes a wrong step, it sets off a dramatic chain of events and pays the ultimate price. Read on to find out which top predator wins the prize in this deadly game of tug-of-war. 

A stealthy lioness sets her sights on an unsuspecting brown hyena — but her hunt takes an unexpected turn. What could have been a brutal takedown turns into an unforgettable moment of suspense!

A stealthy leopard descends from the treetops, locking onto an unsuspecting warthog family. In a flash of speed and claws, the chase is on, but will she claim her prize?

This impala thought it would be safe from predators in the water, but little did it know that this swim could be its last.

Witness the shocking moment a Leopard launches a deadly ambush on a mother cheetah and her two cubs. When one cub gets caught, the mother puts up a ruthless fight to get it back, but will maternal instincts save the day?

A sneaky leopard thought it had gotten away with its crime, when it robbed a ground hornbill’s nest, stealing one of the babies!

It’s hard to decide whether it takes bravery or foolishness to try sneak past a pride of 23 lions! 31-year-old field guide Roan du Plessis recently witnessed a lone buffalo try to do just this at the Ngala Private Game Reserve.

A Grey Heron showed its brilliance at hunting when it stalked and subsequently caught a mouse in full view of Johan Rothmann (65), a retiree with a passion for traveling and wildlife.

After spotting 2 caracals on the road, these tourists couldn’t believe their luck. They reversed to keep up with them for over a km, when finally, the caracals stopped and put on the show of a lifetime! Hopefully, some more caracals will be coming soon!

These lionesses thought they’d have an easy time of it when they spied some sleepy hyena cubs, but despite a perfectly executed stalk, things didn’t go as planned.

This lion spied a tasty treat up in a tree, but it had a much harder time than it anticipated trying to steal the leopard’s kill that was tucked up there.

Four small cheetah cubs recently took on a newborn Grant’s gazelle, in a memorable sighting by 37-year old tour guide, Francis Kijazi in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, bordering Southern Serengeti plains in Tanzania.

Despite injuries making simple acts like drinking difficult, this giraffe defies the odds through the very act of survival.

Two wrestling crocs stole the spotlight in a rare sighting recently witnessed by Dylan Royal in the Kruger National Park.It was not immediately evident that war was breaking out beneath the water surface as Dylan and viewers observed the tranquil river setting. A croc sighting that began like any other A crocodile’s head could be…

Georgie Lawless witnessed southern masked weavers desperately try to defend their chicks, when a boomslang wrapped itself around their nests in search of an easy meal at the Ngala Private Game Reserve. An unlikely spectacle among the masked weaver nests When mentioning a masked weaver, one immediately things of the birds’ immaculate nests, which are…

Klipspringers versus wild dog pack – who will win? While it would seem the wild dogs would be the obvious winners in a confrontation between the two species, this was not the case in a memorable sighting by rangers from the Mala Mala Game Reserve. The team of rangers were privileged to enjoy an edge-of-seat…

Watch the sighting here: A sighting of a cheetah hunting impala took an unexpected turn when its intended prey ran into a vehicle. The impact damaged the vehicle and the injured antelope was unable to flee. Petrus de Kock and friends submitted their record of the event to Latest Sightings. The occurrence took place at…

Watch the sighting here: A trio of Egyptian goslings found themselves surrounded by lions in a shallow pond, where comedy soon turned to tragedy. The cubs were intent on putting their hunting skills to the test, despite the incessant honks of protest from the parent geese. Jem Harris submitted his account of the incident to…

Watch the sighting here: A male lion had a rude awakening when another male snuck up on it while it was sleeping. After exploding into action, the joke was over before it began. Submitted to Latest Sightings by apprentice field guide, Aiden Blake, the footage was recorded in Dinokeng Game Reserve. Delay causes opportunity According…

Watch the interaction here: When it muscled in on a lone hyena’s meal, a feisty monitor lizard refused to take no for an answer. Despite being at a massive physical disadvantage, the lizard’s temperament and lashing tail ensured a few tasty morsels. Nicola Marneweck recorded this peculiar incident at an undisclosed location and sent it…