
Seasons in the Wild
It's a giant leap back to life and spring time's just the right time to welcome a new generation.

It's a giant leap back to life and spring time's just the right time to welcome a new generation.

Orchids produce thousands of seeds, which are so small that they contain no food reserves.

Scientists have recently shown that many more plants than we had ever thought are carnivorous.

Navigation without a map? No problem. Building a fortress out of living bodies? Check.

Size is no obstacle for these wild magicians, from tiny insects to the mega-mammals of the African plains.

Schalk brings a litter of wild dogs to Harnas, and for caracal Tammy a new chapter is about to start.

Four small leopards are born, while the wild dog pack has managed to dig their way to the monkeys.

Five lions receive medical treatment. Good news for Tom: the hand-reared wild dog is accepted by the pack.

A herd of almost sixty baboons is having a meal in one of the open-air enclosures.

Alarm in the caracal enclosure! The offspring of a female caracal has escaped and can't be found.

The 30 horses at Harnas are washed, checked for ticks, and treated for minor injuries.

Schalk convinces a farmer to trap a wild leopard instead of shooting it she's expecting cubs.

An orphaned wild dog joins a pack, a leopard is moved, and the team hunts insects for bat-eared dogs.

Farmers tell the team at Harnas that wild dogs have been stalking and killing their cows.

Young lioness Martha and her four brothers discover their hunting instinct: they kill a warthog.

Frikkie tries his hand at some dental treatment: in a lion's mouth, with a stick – and without anesthetics!

Cheetah Pride proves to be an excellent hunter, while Harnas' founder Marieta recalls raising baboons.

During a walk with the lions a rainstorm rages. Soon vast areas of the farm are under water.

Viewed from space, our blue planet seems so familiar that we forget how extraordinary it is.

At first sight, our atmosphere seems empty. But this mantle of air is a habitat for life in its own right.