In this first clip from upcoming BBC TV series Kingdom, David Attenborough narrates a tense encounter between a pregnant hyena and a pack of wild dogs In the new BBC TV series Kingdom, the power struggles of four animal families across a Zambian river valley are revealed – and in this first-look clip narrated by […]
Category: Wildlife
Petition: Justice for the Young Cougar Shot and Left to Die in British Columbia
A young cougar was found in Port Alberni, Vancouver, with a suspected gunshot wound to its leg and chest – its body broken, bleeding, and beyond saving. Provincial officials had no choice but to euthanize the suffering animal. Now, the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) is investigating who did this, and they need public pressure […]
BBC’s Kingdom series gets viewers ‘into the action’ with TV drama techniques
David Attenborough’s new BBC series Kingdom has broken ground by using elements from TV dramas, such as cliffhangers and drone and moving-camera shots, to immerse viewers “into the action” like the hit Netflix drama Adolescence did. Since the advent of streaming services, there has been an increase in natural history TV shows thanks to the […]
It climbs like a cat, roars like a lion and wears a white crescent on its chest: Meet the secretive creature you’ve probably never heard of
What are moon bears? Where do moon bears live? Learn all about the beguiling moon bear in Heidi Quine’s expert guide Moon bears numbers continue to decline and we risk losing this enigmatic species, says Heidi Quine from Animals Asia. Learn all about moon bears in her expert guide What are moon bears The charismatic […]
Senate Lets Plan Move Forward to Kill 500,000 Barred Owls in Controversial Wildlife Decision
The U.S. Senate has declined to stop a controversial U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plan that would see nearly half a million barred owls killed in the Pacific Northwest to protect their threatened cousins, the northern spotted owls. According to The Guardian, the vote to block the plan failed 25–72, allowing the large-scale culling […]
Miracle Recovery for World’s Rarest and Strangest Deer – Just 39 Became 8,200
Tramping through coastal marshlands in eastern China, a strange looking deer roams freely in herds of hundreds; a remarkable recovery from where they had been just a few decades ago. Described in ancient China as a beast with the antlers of a deer, hooves of an ox, face of a horse, and tail of a […]
Why do-gooding animal rights activists are to blame for the bloody slaughter of 600 majestic African elephants
A three-ton bull elephant lies dead on the ground in a remote corner of Africa. His life has been snuffed out by a marksman’s bullet fired into his brain. In a few seconds it was all over. He will have known nothing. Within minutes of his death ten days ago, a wildlife vet was running […]
Orcas Team Up to Hunt Great White Sharks in Astonishing New Footage
Killer whales have once again shown the world why they’re among the ocean’s most intelligent and strategic hunters. According to PEOPLE, researchers captured rare footage in the Gulf of California showing orcas working together to hunt great white sharks and feast on their livers — a behavior previously only documented in South Africa. The study, […]