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Though Africa’s three big cats—the lion, leopard, and cheetah—live side by side, each has evolved a specialized set of hunting strategies that keep them from colliding. Take an in-depth look at the lives and stories of these iconic apex predators.

Life isn’t easy for Africa’s “big five” megafauna. Lions, leopards, buffalo, rhinos, and elephants face many threats, from competing for food in a limited landscape to avoiding hunters and poachers.

Vital to the renewal of the landscape and deeply intertwined with the megafauna that tower above it, the industrious dung beetle is nature’s ultimate recycler. Delve into the fascinating world of these tireless workers.

Follow a day in the life of a gregarious meerkat family in the mighty Kalahari Desert of South Africa. Led by a dominant female, the family must find food, tutor pups, and avoid predators in a scorched land where only the toughest survive.

The food chain of Africa’s savannah is a complex web of wildlife that entangles landscape-altering elephants, vast herds of antelope, apex predators, and a range of other species that have evolved to survive in this diverse and brutal landscape.

Africa’s charismatic megafauna receive a lot of attention, but the antelope have rich stories filled with daily struggles of survival. Two antelope species, springbok and impala, outnumber all the others and play critical roles in the circle of life.

Ethiopia is a land of extremes, home to mountainous highlands, vast river valleys, and parched deserts. And for each of these disparate environments, a fascinating primate species has evolved traits and behaviours that allow its members to thrive.

Lions may rule Africa’s food chain, but other species have evolved strategies that give them an edge. Like lions, hyenas are powerful hunters that rely on strength, speed, and teamwork, but they’ve also learned to capitalize on other opportunities.