Those in Grass Houses explores the complex and fascinating lives of one of Africa’s most compelling bird species – the Sociable Weaver.
Their nests, the largest in the world, envelop the acacia trees they hang from in the arid savannah of Southern Africa.
The nests are home to hundreds of indiv...

In this film Richard Brock looks at the different habitats, foods and hunting techniques of Kenya’s birds of prey

Simone is the last Greater Bamboo Lemur in Ranomafana, a protected rainforest in south-east Madagascar.
After a happy start in life surrounded by family, Simone finds herself alone, as members of her family disappear one by one.
Three years on and she’s still alone - a social animal, a primate, j...

Lara observes a family of elephants gathered by the side of lake

Created by Lara Jackson, George Benjamin and Asilia Africa. To keep up with their work, follow them on Instagram @lara_wildlife | @georgetheexplorer | @asiliaafrica
Web: www.larawildlife.co.uk | www.georgetheexplorer.com | www.asil...

Lara observes a cheetah mother and her six cubs

Created by Lara Jackson, George Benjamin and Asilia Africa. To keep up with their work, follow them on Instagram @lara_wildlife | @georgetheexplorer | @asiliaafrica
Web: www.larawildlife.co.uk | www.georgetheexplorer.com | www.asiliaafrica.com

Lara observers a pride of lions with 20 cubs

Created by Lara Jackson, George Benjamin and Asilia Africa. To keep up with their work, follow them on Instagram @lara_wildlife | @georgetheexplorer | @asiliaafrica
Web: www.larawildlife.co.uk | www.georgetheexplorer.com | www.asiliaafrica.com

Lara observes part of one of the great migrations of the natural world - Wilderbeast crossing east Africa's Mara river

Created by Lara Jackson, George Benjamin and Asilia Africa. To keep up with their work, follow them on Instagram @lara_wildlife | @georgetheexplorer | @asiliaafrica
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King is a year old lion cub rescued from an apartment in Paris.
He was being kept illegally as an exotic pet in poor conditions.
Following a court ruling Born Free transferred King to its Big Cat Rescue Centre at the Shamwari Private Game Reserve, in South Africa's Eastern Cape.

Born Free's Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa's Eastern Cape is one of Africa's leading big cat rescue and rehabilitation sanctuaries

Kate teams up with Dani and Pippa from Wildlife ACT to collar a cheetah. With less than 7000 cheetahs left in the wild information gathered from collars has become a vital part of protecting the species

Kate accompanies a team from Wildlife ACT as they dehorn a population of Rhinos - without horns, Rhinos are not killed by poachers

Kate visits Born Free's large monkey sanctuary in Texas.
Dr Liz Tyson explains the sanctuary's focus on primate conservation and rehabilitation

Kate visits Born Free's big cat sanctuary at the Shamwari private game reserve in South Africa's Eastern Cape and talks to animal care manager Glen Vena

Kate helps with the health assessment of a previously rescued Pangolin and sees how she has adapted to her new home in Phinda, South Africa

Meru National Park, in Kenya, was the home of Elsa - the lioness made famous by the book and film by Born Free

Is there a future for wild tigers? Poached, persecuted, exploited...Tigers need your help!

Born Free have an incredible team who work in Meru National Park, Kenya – find out what they get up to on a daily basis

Niall McCann talks to Damien Mander - a former special forces soldier who founded the IAPF - an organisation that trains and employs teams of all-female rangers to combat poaching across southern Africa

14 October 2021

Niall McCann talks to elephant biologist Joyce Poole about her career studying elephant communication and a lifetime of research in east Africa

When the fishermen of Ras Fumba on Zanzibar Island discovered that their catch was rapidly decreasing they took action. Outsiders were ruining the marine environment by overfishing and the use of poisons and dynamite. With the help of the local government and international NGOs, they set up pat...

Imagine a planet without Elephants? They are the gardeners of the ecosystem. Tsavo, Kenya is an ecosystem in itself, the park covers 22,000 square kilometers. and if the mega herbivore was not there, then there it would get covered in wooded vegetation very quickly. This allows other animal speci...

Nomusa Zikhali oversees 24 schools in her homeland, South Africa. Working with Nomusa and Simon Naylor at Phinda and their amazing team of rangers, veterinarians and staff in an educational rhino dehorning trip for children in South Africa .
Nomusa Zikhali was featured in “Breaking Their Silence...

Nicci Wrights’ groundbreaking pangolin tracking and telemetry program desperately needed equipment to tag and follow some new pangolins admitted to their rehabilitation centre.
This film shows how https://www.overandaboveafrica.com helped rangers successfully keep eyes on them.

What is the collective noun for a group of drones? A flock? A watch? A sentinel? A guardian as it turns out.
‘A Guardian’ is a glorious drone-shot film for charity Over & Above Africa, using collective nouns to romance the beauty of animal groups across Africa.
But at the same time highlighting...