Wildlife Icons

Winter in Marakele National Park is one of the scarcest, but also most plentiful, times of the year; looking at how a giraffe's demise becomes a source of life for the region's vultures, who depend on the decaying flesh of animals like these.

Cape Town, South Africa is home to twenty types of frogs, but many are threatened by urban development; following western leopard toads on their tenuous journey to breed in the city's shrinking wetlands.

Once superabundant, African Elephant populations have declined drastically due to hunting; getting an in-depth look into the lives of these powerful land mammals, and seeing what parks like Addo and Tembe are doing to preserve their future.

Surviving the African savanna requires guile and teamwork for species who live in packs; following a day in the life of African wild dogs and dwarf mongooses to see how they rely on their tight-knit families to overcome the challenging landscape.

From a tick-infested rhino to the freshwater turtles who nip the insects off the giant beast, all life is connected; following the complex web of relationships between these species and more to see how each creature fits into one magical whole.

The Nile crocodile and hippopotamus are two of Africa's amphibious freshwater icons.