Predators are animals that eat other animals, but the role that they play in nature goes far beyond that. They expertly control the quantity and quality of animal populations below them in the food chain.
For every species, from the venomous scorpion to the high flying raptor, the reproductive season is the most critical. All animals must bear and successfully raise enough offspring to offset the mortality rate or face extinction.
The exotic water dragon and the majestic sandbar deer are just two of thousands of unique species found in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
The lion has been called the perfect combination of power and stealth. But lions are also one of nature's most sociable creatures, living in prides of up to thirty individuals.
The African elephant is the largest land animal on Earth, standing up to eleven feet tall and weighing as much as 13,000 pounds, powerful enough to snap a tree in half with relative ease.
John Ross explores the African realm of cheetahs who is designed for speed with long legs and a streamlined body that can reach speeds up to seventy miles per hour.
Canadian naturalist John Ross examines African lions as predators including their powerful hunting skills as well as taking advantage of residing in a pride.
The predators that roam Asia's tropical forest, like the Asian tiger and the giant python, are legendary but here in one of the world's most diverse ecosystems there are hundreds of lesser known species that prey upon others.
The Okavango River, unlike most rivers, never reaches the sea. Instead it spills out over the sands of the Kalahari basin, creating the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
Even now at the end of the rainy season when water is abundant everywhere, many species still base their lives around the waterhole. They rely on this natural reservoir not only for a life giving drink but also as a necessary food source.
Pound for pound the American Badger may be the world's greatest natural excavator. Sometimes to escape a predator it simply digs a fortress on the spot, showering dirt in the face of an enemy to keep it at bay.