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In May we followed the lives of a special group of black bears in Minnesota. Three tiny, newborn cubs - Sam, Sophie and Sybil - emerge from their den with their mother Juliet and see their world for the first time.

May is the hardest time to be a lion in the Masai Mara. The Wildebeest migration is hundreds of miles away and the food is running out and fast.

Among the temple ruins of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka, live the Temple Troop of Toque macaque monkeys. Nine-week-old Gremlin, a tiny monkey with a distinctive white tip to her tail, has been born into the bottom of the troops' strict hierarchy.

Newborn African elephant Maya has arrived in Samburu National Reserve right on time. Can her young mother help Maya survive her first crucial days and when the time comes helping her navigate across the mighty river that dissects the reserve?

Swift's a five-week-old meerkat pup. She's been born in one of the harshest places on earth, the Kalahari Desert. A drought has hit the region, food is scarce and Swift's family are hungry.