A young buffalo calf should have been an easy target for a pride of hungry lions. Instead, what followed became a powerful demonstration of how an African buffalo herd can respond when one of its youngest members is attacked. The dramatic encounter was filmed by safari operator Dennis Koshal in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve … Read more
A mother leopard was crossing a road with one of her cubs when she suddenly stopped. Something was wrong. One of her cubs was missing. Instead of continuing forward, the mother leopard turned around. She went back. And what happened next was one of those rare wildlife moments that reveals just how closely a mother … Read more
It should have been a quiet afternoon for a group of spotted hyena cubs. Five young hyenas were resting around their den while an adult stayed nearby. They were relaxed. They were close to home. And they had no idea that two male lions were moving toward them. The lions were on patrol when they … Read more
A leopard mother and her cub had found a meal and taken it high into a tree. It looked like a safe place to eat. Then two lionesses arrived. The powerful predators climbed into the tree and chased the leopards away from their warthog meal. The mother leopard managed to escape, but her cub was … Read more
A Southern African rock python found itself in a terrifying situation when a powerful Nile crocodile caught hold of its body at Kumana Dam in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The python was not going down quietly. It twisted. It struck. It tried to swim away. It even attempted to wrap its body around the … Read more
The lion pride was simply trying to cross the river. Then the water exploded. A Nile crocodile launched a sudden ambush as the lions made their way across. The adults scrambled away from the danger, but the smallest members of the pride were much more vulnerable. One lion cub was caught. Its mother was right … Read more
It looked like one of the worst possible targets for a leopard. Several wildebeest were resting, apparently unaware that a spotted predator was slowly closing the distance. The size difference was almost ridiculous. The sleeping wildebeest appeared nearly three times heavier than the leopard. Yet the leopard kept coming. Then, in a split second, the … Read more
A young waterbuck found itself trapped in one of the most terrifying situations imaginable at Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A Nile crocodile had grabbed the calf and was holding it in the shallows of a dam. Somehow, the young waterbuck managed to break free. But instead of finding safety on land, … Read more
On the H1-4 in Kruger National Park, South Africa, a dramatic predator encounter unfolded when a male leopard took on two porcupines. What happened next was even more extraordinary: after one porcupine was badly injured, a female leopard arrived and diverted the male’s attention, creating a narrow opportunity for the surviving porcupines to escape. The … Read more
A black mamba, a snake-hunting eagle and a group of lions come together in one of the strangest wildlife encounters ever captured on camera. What begins as a confrontation between a brown snake eagle and a black mamba quickly becomes even more complicated when lions arrive and investigate the struggling pair. The extraordinary footage was … Read more