This peculiar creature, the horseshoe crab, saves lives every single day (and has probably already saved yours)! Image: Pixabay Horseshoe crabs are somewhat primitive-looking marine invertebrates with a tough external skeleton. They thrive in shallow ocean waters and will come to shore periodically to mate. You’ve probably seen one if you frequent the beaches of the US East […] More
This powerful Orca demonstrates its amazing ability to surf the wave right onto the beach, nearly stranding itself on land in order to capture a baby seal. This particular beaching style of hunting often requires years of practice. Beaching can be very risky and possibly fatal for the cetacean if it gets too far onto the […] More
Field guide at Nkorho Bush lodge, Chene Wales-Baillie (27), was able to give her guests more of a surprise than even she bargained for when out on an evening drive in the Northern Sabi Sands. She explained her story: “I heard on the radio that Tiyani (the one female who was up the tree with […] More
This is the intense moment 3 huge male lions began attacking a lone male, when the calls of distress from the lone lion attracts a nearby herd of buffalo. The herd storms in to the action, causing the attacking lions to flee. But the luck of the lone lion goes worse when the buffaloes attack […] More
An extraordinary event was documented for the first time off the coast of Costa Rica: a tiger shark being successfully hunted by a group of killer whales. The attack took place in Chatham Bay on Cocos Island, a highly productive region in the Pacific known for its prevalence of sharks, rays, dolphins, and a variety […] More
Lions don’t disappoint. Somehow they always deliver a spectacle, and when we are lucky enough to see them up to their lion-mischief, it usually results in a large dose of ‘sit down and grab your popcorn’ action. This latest example starts off as what seems to be a classic lion encounter: four lions bring down a large […] More
This is the intense moment when two leopards encounter a python — and predators collide. Leopards are extremely athletic animals with light physiques, strong legs, and impressive tree climbing abilities. They are renowned for their ability to drag the large carcasses of their prey up into the tree tops. This exciting encounter begins when a large python […] More
Can you imagine seeing this from the beach? Dale Pearson and Eric Mack noticed the colossal fish in the Sea of Cortez, originally thinking it was either an injured marine mammal or a hammerhead coming in to shore to hunt. When they waded in to the shallow water to investigate, they immediately realized that it […] More
In the wild, predators must eat other animals in order to survive, and they often target the young, the sick, the weak, and the defenseless. Sometimes though, even predators themselves can become prey to even more powerful and crafty predators. These “predator versus predator” interactions are among the most fascinating of all natural events. This […] More
The African Leopard and the African Wild Dog are two of the most vicious predators found throughout the wilderness of sub-Saharan Africa. The leopard is an impressive animal — boasting an athletic, stocky frame and camouflaged fur. These animals are typically gold or tawny in color with a dense pattern of black rosettes, distinguishing them from their […] More
It’s easy to picture a lion in its natural habitat, stalking antelope on the African savannah. But during the Pleistocene epoch (340,000 to 11,000 years ago), lions called a much more familiar landscape home. The grassy plains, cornfields and mountainous regions of the USA were once the terrain of the American lion, a long-extinct predator […] More
A group of safari goers captured this epic showdown between a couple of cheetahs and a pack of African wild dogs in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park. The cheetahs had been nursing a fresh wildebeest kill when the wild dogs approached. At first, the cats managed to keep them at bay, but the wild dogs’ […] More
