Awesome Animals

Tanzania's Serengeti National Park sustains one of the biggest lion populations in Africa: approximately 3,500 lions in 300 prides. One pride has 22 lions in all: they are called a "superpride".

Watch this fascinating story of a battle between two wolf packs as they fight it out over who will rule Yellowstone!

Moose are the biggest deer on Earth! Follow the lives of three baby moose as they face the challenges of growing up in the stunning, yet treacherous North American wilderness and for some, find themselves face-to-face with the human world.

Second only to humans, beavers alter their environment more than any other organism on the planet. These tireless animal engineers face the challenges of predators and the full fury of the elements.

The kangaroos are coming to town! National Geographic Kids explores how life for kangaroos in Australian suburbs compares to life in the wild.

Can a group of insects morph into something that acts more like a single creature? They can, when it's a group of ants!

Rats have the most amazing abilities to memorize, communicate, jump and squeeze through tiny gaps. Find out how they do it in Rat Genius.

They flock to our cities in the millions. Seemingly unremarkable grey birds, they are smarter than we think.

Right now, around one billion pigs patrol the planet, flourishing on every continent except Antarctica. They're a significant part of our diet, a critical player in modern medicine, and one of the smartest animals in the barn.

We share the planet with 400 million dogs: toy dogs, working dogs, champion dogs and artistic dogs; dogs who know what to do in an emergency; and dogs who know their way around a couch. For over 12,000 years, they've been our security guards and our friends.