Spend a season with a group of thirty vervets, Africa’s smallest monkeys. At the centre of the troop are two juveniles who must learn to feed themselves, distinguish friend from foe, and make their place in the world.

Some animals survive with a little help from their friends. Witness the ways buffalo, lions, hyenas, wild dogs, and even some birds work together to help each other protect their offspring, overcome predators, hunt, and defend their territory.

Safety is scarce in the Zambian wilderness, where predators hide in the shadows. With a bull hippo struck down in his prime, a young lion discovered in the bush, and a massive buffalo snuffed out in the mud, the chase is on to identify the culprit.

Visit animals in three extraordinary habitats: a baby giraffe takes its first steps in the sweltering Luangwa Valley, two thousand baboons have found a paradise in a Kasanka forest, and a cheetah family prowls for meat on the desolate Liuwa Plain.

Tiny kingfishers, flocks of great white pelicans, endangered vultures, and countless other species of birds have all found a use for every inch of the Luangwa Valley. Watch these winged wonders search for food, shelter, and mates.

Africa is home to some of the largest, strangest, and most fearsome creatures on Earth. Our ancestors tried to understand their adaptations through stories, but modern science shows us that the truth is stranger than fiction.