When two male heirs of a powerful pride come of age, they're exiled from their family and must survive as nomads; cast into the wilderness, they struggle to hunt and starvation is a daily threat; battles with pride males teach harsh lessons, and they must rely on each other.
Derek Milburn heads the NGO Elephants Rhinos and People and is on a mission to relocate 25 to 30 elephants; a 45-hour non-stop journey awaits them before they are released in their new home.
The journey becomes strenuous as the elephants travel to Zimbabwe from South Africa by truck; the drivers face several challenges in the form of terrain and logistics.
Antelope Park volunteers are joined by a celebrity guest star to study human body language as it relates to lion body language cues; Volunteers prep meat for a cub feast.
The middle of the year sees the Okavango Delta's channels flooded and waterholes filled to the brim, even though the rains already stopped around April.
When Toni, a young male hyena, is expelled from his clan, he forms an unexpected hunting partnership with Mahri, a female leopard; predator enemies are waiting to drive a wedge between them.
Orphaned tigress Maya sets her own rules, leading her to fight rival tigers and wild dogs to maintain her strength in the main territory of central India.
Simon and Siouxsie must help local snake catcher Shyam catch a variety of deadly snakes in Mysore, whose monsoon rains bring about pythons, vipers, cobras and rat snakes.
In East Africa, millions of animals are migrating over long distances; among them is a young zebra who is trying to escape the fearsome predators that are an ever-present danger.