Wildlife videographer and safari guide Rob the Ranger films young lions attempting to tackle an enormous hippo carcass in the wilderness.

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A leopard is spotted at the Sand River in Kenya, Africa. While we may think that all cats don't like water, there are many ...

Johan J Botha got the shot during a 2026 trip to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

A Grammy-award winning South African composer who wrote and performed the iconic opening chant in “Circle of Life” for Disney’s “The Lion King” movies is suing a comedian for allegedly damaging his ...

• Wildlife photographer Johan J Botha captured a lion cub in a food coma after a big meal in South Africa • Botha observed lions feasting on a gemsbok in 104-degree heat and documented their post-meal ...

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. We were sitting in the dark, waiting for the leopards beside a trail on the edge of India’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park, ...