A couple of lionesses got more battle than they bargained for when they encountered a Roan antelope in South Africa’s Kruger National Park recently. Seizing the opportunity to secure a rather sizeable meal, the two lions attacked the antelope, but the giant beast proved it wasn’t going down without a fight. The ensuing battle was […] More
This is the amazing moment a hungry leopard stalks and hunts down a young warthog. Those hogs definitely didn’t see that coming! This amazing sighting was filmed Andrei Snyman at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana. Leopards have been documented ambushing impalas from above, ravaging prickly porcupines, and even chasing after birds! Leopards have no […] More
Every year, like clockwork, millions of wildebeest risk it all on an epic round-trip journey across the African Serengeti. Known as the Great Migration, it’s actually the largest terrestrial migration in the world. During the journey, the animals travel more than 1,000 kilometers from the southern Serengeti in Tanzania all the way up to the Masai […] More
A tourist at the Artis zoo in Amsterdam captured a lion in action as it staged a sneak attack on a heron. In the footage captured by Max Quinn, the stealthy lioness stakes out its prey from a distance while the heron drinks from a pond. The lion slowly and quietly creeps forward until it is […] More
In South Florida in the United States, Burmese pythons (which are NOT native to the United States or even to the Americas) have invaded the territory of native American alligators. This has lead to some unprecedented encounters between gators and pythons. In this situation, the python attempts to constrict the alligator so it can devour […] More
These hyenas were not letting lionesses push them around when it came down to their meal. In video taken in Kruger National Park, hyenas were eating a buffalo when a group of lions came in to snatch up the meal. Despite their intimidating stance and roars, the hyenas refused to back down. They chased the […] More
This bizarre video shows a stork getting its beak stuck down the throat of another bird. Claudia Apfelthaler captured the moment two black storks were mid-squabble by the Paul Kruger Gate in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Using their beaks as weapons, the brutal birds thrash their heads back and forth before one shoves its […] More
This is the incredible moment a wildebeest fights off two lions by hooking its horn into one of the predator’s hind legs. As Hannes Joubert visited the Ngotso Dam in Kruger National Park, South Africa, on April 26, he spotted a wildebeest taking a dust bath. Unfortunately for the wildebeest, it had also been spotted […] More
This is the intense moment a rare white lioness faced off with a pack of hyenas in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The lion had just killed an antelope when a group of hungry scavengers took notice and surrounded her in an attempt to steal the kill. Field guide Joe Van Zyl, who captured the footage, […] More
Female lions are known for doing the majority of the hunting in a pride, while male lions patrol the territory. After a kill, however, the males will assert their dominance and mark their place at the top of a well-established pecking order. Typically, the dominant male eats first. Almost immediately after the hunt is over, […] More
It is quite common for lions to attack a tortoise. This one was quite a bit bigger than their mouths, so they each took turns in trying to crack the shell but could not get through because of the thickness of the shell. Usually, it would be the younger lions that would try their luck […] More
In this unique footage filmed at Kruger National Park we witness a struggle between two leopards over the right to devour an impala carcass. The two big cats duke it out in the treetops, pulling the impala back and forth like a game of tug-of-war. This is another typical case of an opportunistic “hit and […] More
