In this episode, we explore how different animal species react to impending death. We explore the factors that lead animals to their final resting places: disease, injury, predation, drought, famine.
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Upon arrival in Zimbabwe, Kristina Guberman heads to Hwange National Park - renowned for it's impressive elephant herds. She learns about these gentle giants, encounters cheetah on foot and chances upon a cheetah hunt with her guide, David.
There is some big-move drama as the race against time begins. The team has so much to do and not a lot of time to do it. The cubs are moving out to meet some older cheetahs, and Chobi goes in for some dental work.
Emily's future ambassador cubs are put to the test to see if they can handle the responsibility of working with the public. We learn more about how people are using dogs to protect their farm stock without hurting the cheetah population. The Cheetah Outreach Center prepares to move to a bigger, better location.
Reproduction is not only a concern of the young and restless: this episode of Aging in the Wild brings a light-hearted look at the issue of sexuality and camaraderie in older animals.
In this episode, we explore how different animal species react to impending death. We explore the factors that lead animals to their final resting places: disease, injury, predation, drought, famine.
In this series, we follow the trail of the Transfrontier Parks. We explore why these conservation areas are important and what they protect. Through the eyes of the local communities and the conservation bodies, we follow a trail along the major rivers, mountains and deserts to see what can be achieved if countries work together to conserve a shared heritage.
In this series, we follow the trail of the Transfrontier Parks. We explore why these conservation areas are important and what they protect. Through the eyes of the local communities and the conservation bodies, we follow a trail along the major rivers, mountains and deserts to see what can be achieved if countries work together to conserve a shared heritage.
Recently Priscilla bought an adopted boy pup from a rival gang to the Gosa Burrow. Unfortunately his acceptance into the Gosa group was far from ideal. His life did not get any easier after this
The Gosa Gang have recently moved to a new home known as Fortress burrow. It is close to the Gosa Dam where a rival family of meerkats live.In the quest for territorial dominance there has been a major meerkat standoff. This has resulted in both gangs losing a member of their tribe.
Kristina travels to the Mana Pools National Park with guide Craig van Zyl. They come across mating lions, have close encounters with bull elephants and canoe just meters away from imposing hippos and crocodiles on the mighty Zambezi River.
Upon arrival in Zimbabwe, Kristina Guberman heads to Hwange National Park - renowned for it's impressive elephant herds. She learns about these gentle giants, encounters cheetah on foot and chances upon a cheetah hunt with her guide, David.
There is some big-move drama as the race against time begins. The team has so much to do and not a lot of time to do it. The cubs are moving out to meet some older cheetahs, and Chobi goes in for some dental work.
Whether spots or stripes, markings can be used for anything from communication to cooling. What look like standout fashion statements to us can help animals vanish completely into a landscape. The design possibilities are endless, and vary to suit the terrain and geography. Whatever their remarkable uses, spots and stripes adorn some of the most iconic animals in the natural world. Camouflage or decoration, we can thank both spots and stripes for handing these creatures their unique and majestic beauty.
No place on Earth is more changeable than the seasonal forest, undergoing radical transformations year after year. These adaptations to the seasons are what makes our woodlands so varied and dynamic a cycle of interwoven behaviors and practices ticking away like a Swiss watch to rejuvenate the landscape ready for the new year. To fully understand the stories of the great woodlands spend a year among the trees, watching the energetic and vibrant changes that mark the seasons of the forest.
What is it like to be an elephant? This series reveals new research which attempts to answer that question.
Just like animals, the lives of plants are dominated by the need to become strong and pass on genes to the next generation – a race to grow and breed. They must race to beat their competition to the best light spots, and to make the most of perilously short seasons. And also like in the animal kingdom, different species have developed a near unending list of strategies to ensure their legacy is passed on. Our ideas about plants need a seed change – it's time to respect the power of plants.
In this series, we follow the trail of the Transfrontier Parks. We explore why these conservation areas are important and what they protect. Through the eyes of the local communities and the conservation bodies, we follow a trail along the major rivers, mountains and deserts to see what can be achieved if countries work together to conserve a shared heritage.
In this series, we follow the trail of the Transfrontier Parks. We explore why these conservation areas are important and what they protect. Through the eyes of the local communities and the conservation bodies, we follow a trail along the major rivers, mountains and deserts to see what can be achieved if countries work together to conserve a shared heritage.
In another cruel twist Cleo's young pup Ophelia got left behind on a foraging trip and was killed by one of the Kalahari's most dangerous creatures, a Goshawk. The remaining three pups: Zeus, Daisy and Flo have lost their dear sister and playmate and this is causing high levels of insecurity.
The rains have finally arrived in the Kalahari and the vast desert has never looked better. Cleo, the boss of this small group of wild meerkats has given birth to five new pups
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