Animals

To fully appreciate the blistering speed of a cheetah, look no further than this astounding footage.

In one breathtaking second, calm becomes chaos. A crocodile’s ambush at a peaceful waterhole is a masterclass in patience, precision, and the unforgiving rhythm of the wild.

These lapwings had no option but to act aggressively when a pesky mongoose got too close!

The great thing about observing elephants is that they’re always doing something. However, sometimes we’re not quite sure why.

This lioness charged at her prey, only to watch it disappear into the distance!

An old lion’s close inspection of a safari vehicle takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally boops the car’s side mirror. What follows is a hilarious moment when loses his composure completely.

In the vast golden plains of the Serengeti, a group of safari-goers witnessed something their guides had never seen before. A mother cheetah stepped back and let her cubs take the lead on a hunt, using a baby gazelle as a live lesson in survival.

This bushbaby mom performed a miraculous save when she rescued her little one in full view of the camera at the &Beyond Ngala Safari Lodge.

A pride of lions abandons their afternoon calm the moment a vulnerable giraffe comes into view. What follows is a high-stakes ambush that ends in a dramatic chase along a Botswana riverbank.

When we think of tortoises, the first image that comes to mind is of a placid, slow-moving creature. As this video shows, they can be quite feisty when they meet.

Few would argue that leopards are one of the most beautiful animals to see. Now imagine being lucky enough to see three at once.

A lone elephant turns a small watering hole into its own private reserve, and for a while, it works. But when the numbers stack up, even the biggest bully has to back down.

The savage killing of an impala ram was a reminder that nature can be as brutal as it is beautiful.

A herd of elephants gets the shock of their lives when a crocodile comes charging through their legs out of nowhere. What Ting Vision captured at Brokensha House is as unexpected as wildlife gets.

Janka Wiesinger witnessed firsthand how frightening it can be to come face to face with a lioness when a hyena experienced just this, in a scintillating moment filmed near the Pretoriuskop camp in the Kruger National Park.

Along the sandy banks of MalaMala’s Sand River, the Island Female proves that patience is a predator’s greatest weapon. But even the most perfectly executed ambush can come undone in a single heartbeat.

The wildebeest put up a fight, the hyenas moved in early, and five cheetahs had to earn every bite of their meal the hard way.

A herd of elephants and a pack of wild dogs clash, but there can only be room for one of them!

A rainy standoff on the S90 erupts into a slipping, sliding brawl between two rival males, all because of one very unimpressed female.

A creature of shadow and myth steps into the light for one breathtaking moment. One lucky safari-goer had their camera rolling at exactly the right moment.