2024-09-21
Join Julz and park scout Simon Chulu as they track the Kakuli pack, who they filmed last year, and a Manzi faction whove ditched a tracking collar and broken away from the group. Spot the Kakumbi making a kill before a happy Manzi reunion ensues.
In a park where land meets sea, the natural elements combine to create wonderful variety. Colacolored water feeds forests green and dense. Fire and wind fuel growth in great diversity and rock shapes a coastline of many faces. Life thrives here from the magnificent to the bizarre. This is the Garden Route National Park.
In the northern reaches of the Kruger National Park, life depends on one thing water. In a land burdened by heat and drought a single ribbon cuts its reliable course through the wilderness. Its a lifeline to all creatures, great and small.
Augrabies is where the mighty Orange River plunges over the awesome 56 meter Augrabies waterfall. Derived from a word oukurubes which means place of thunder in the indigenous language of the NamaKhoi this land is the heart of a harsh and sunbeaten world with flashes of brilliant color and a thunderous roar.
Food, water and shelter are essential to all life on earth from the smallest of beings to the largest, and along the banks of one of Africas greatest rivers, some animals struggle while others thrive. A rhythm drives all animals as they journey in search of what they need to survive, and each must decide where and when to move if theyre to succeed... These are the magical worlds of the Lower Zambe
In the heart of Zululand, South Africa, lies the oldest game reserve on the African continent HluhluweiMfolozi. Here, Southern white rhinos have found protection from people in times of turmoil. Hunted almost to extinction at the end of the 19th century, the parks establishment gave rhinos a lifeline breeding them back from extinction.
Despite being one of Australias bestknown marsupials, koalas live only in the east and southeast parts of the continent. Learn how their lives and behaviors vary in these different regions.
Koalas may seem solitary and inert, but mating season brings a dramatic shift in their behavior, leading to movement, contact, and conflict. As breeding season begins, follow two large males on a mission to mate.
Animals that were once near extinction find refuge in the safety of zoos. Celebrate the birth of red pandas, twin snow leopard cubs, a southern white rhino, and a Sulawesi macaque, all species that are endangered in the wild.
Congratulate the new Orangutan Jungle School graduates, who arent all spring chickens. Follow the convoy to the release site, where the team bids their friends a poignant farewell, then enjoy raucous celebrations as Molly and Bumi move up a grade.
The vets encounter a difficult predicament when a large elephant wanders off and ends up in a local village in an agitated state. If they cant find a helicopter to help with herding immediately, they will have to have the elephant shot.
Find surprises in Mexicos untamed Sierra Gorda biosphere. Prowl the arid semidesert with horned lizards, marvel at axolotl regeneration in the riverfed foothills, and soar with monarch butterflies in the treetops high above a hazy cloud forest.
Visit the Monteverde cloud forest, where swirling mists feed Costa Ricas mighty rivers and create a haven for biodiversity. See some of its 750 tree species, hang out with sloths and monkeys, and watch nature heal after decades of deforestation.
Witness veterinarian Dr. Amanda Salb save an elephant calf caught in a poachers snare, racing time to treat the wound. Back at the base, an orphaned baby baboon meets his new family. A monitor lizard and duiker are returned to freedom in the wild.
Race to contain a case of malaria brought in by orphaned infant Cesia, then assess surrogate mum Sris plan to help Bumi. See the positive influence of Daput, a wild orangutan mum, on the college females before a shocking thief raids the food store.
Hunt for missing nurseryclass orphan Lahei and see shy Rumba try her weak left hand in a nestbuilding session. Watch younger Delilah school Bumi in class, then find out if Beni and Valentino will make the grade and finally earn their freedom.
Congratulate the new Orangutan Jungle School graduates, who arent all spring chickens. Follow the convoy to the release site, where the team bids their friends a poignant farewell, then enjoy raucous celebrations as Molly and Bumi move up a grade.
Chase the team as they triage patients from a hoarding case, then free a tangledup ibis with rescue officers Jo and Chantelle. Check on a baby koala that took a swan dive with vet Mel and play the waiting game with a deadly eastern brown snake.