Big Cat Week

Follow a pride in Botswana to discover the brutal realities of family life for lions. As few as one in five cubs live to two years old and it takes them years to develop the abilities needed to become an apex predator. Watch as the cubs learn from their family, mastering the expert skills needed to stay on top and practicing their killer tactics on prey. Find out who will become a lion king.

Africa’s big cats lead a predictable life, they are masters of the dry terrain. However, for eight intense weeks, violent storms transform their world. Storm Cats follows the lives of two generations of big cats during the fleeting wet season in arid Botswana. It is an intimate portrayal of lion and cheetah families pushed to the edge by nature’s raw power. Only those that can adapt will survive.

Canines and felines have been living side by side in Africa for hundreds of thousands of years, and they’ve never really gotten along. Throw the hyena into the mix and they’re all nightmare neighbors…stealing from each other; harassing each other; eating each other’s young. Avoidance might be the only way to stay alive. Cats, dogs and the wild-card hyena, all jousting for survival.

Veteran wildlife photographer Steve Winter and cameraman Bertie Gregory capture the remarkable lives of Jaguars in the Pantanal of Brazil. A mother jaguar teaches her cub survival while a determined male jaguar named Scarface dives headfirst into the river to tackle the deadliest of opponents – 6-foot long caiman. Clever capybaras and playful giant otters stick with their family members to avoid being jaguar dinner.

Here kitty, kitty. Veteran wildlife filmmaker Bob Poole sets out on a madcap adventure following a formidable cheetah mother who is determined to keep her cubs alive. Along the way, watch him negotiate the risks and realities of filming in the African wilderness while trying to keep up with the fastest animal on four legs. This firsthand account of a cheetah chase will have you rooting for the cats and the filmmaker.

Machli was a legendary tigress that went down in history as one of the most well-known wild tigers in the world. Machli was a beautiful and powerful tigress that played a key role in the regeneration of the tiger population in western India’s Ranthambore and Sariska National Parks. Discover the incredible stories behind Machli’s rise to power and her legacy.