No matter how close someone thinks they are with a wild animal, you never fully know if something will set them off and result in an attack. Michael Hodge, 72, raised Shamba, a male lion, for a decade at Marakele Predator Centre in South Africa without incident. Shamba ended up attacking Hodge ...

We're not sure if this lioness has had luck with bringing down hippos in the past, but this ambush (sniff fest) ends in spectacular failure. Looking for what she probably thought was an easy meal in Massai Mara, the lioness sniffs around a sleeping hippopotamus. Unfortunately for the lioness, ...

If these sisters didn't know lions could open a car door, they definitely know they can now. These sisters were on a mission in South Africa when they passed some lions on the side of the road. They slow down to get a better look at them, thinking they're completely safe inside the car — they ...

Sometimes referred to as the 8th wonder of the world, the Great Migration Safari is an incredible sight to behold. Every year, roughly 1.5 million wildebeest migrate between the Serengeti and Masai Mara as they look for food. Unfortunately for them, that involves crossing the Mara River, which ...

As awesome as it'd be to be out on a safari and see all the different animals close up, there's a limit to how close we'd actually want to be. For the record — being in the same vehicle with multiple cheetahs is getting way close than we'd want to be without some type of insurance policy. ...

Elephant trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia will now be able to be brought into the United States after the Trump administration reversed an Obama administration ban. The import of these trophies will be allowed for any elephants killed between January 21 and the rest of 2018. The U.S. Fish ...

Leopard's are some of the most elusive animals in the world. Just spotting one in the wild can prove to be a challenge, but catching one catching a fish is something else entirely. Marco and Manuel Ansón were in Botswana’s Chobe National Park on a trip and had heard there were leopards that ...

Nature isn't often very forgiving. In fact, sometimes it smacks you right in the face. That was the case for this kayaker who got hit in the head by a seal after it jumped out of the water. The kayaker was among a group that were paddling off the Namibian coast in Western Africa when they found ...

After surviving the scandal that resulted in the death of Cecil the Lion, hunting guide Headman Sibana probably thought his hard times were behind him. Unfortunately for the hunter, he was arrested last Thursday after a tip connected him with illegally hunting an endangered antelope. Roan ...

Anthony Walsh catches what just mat be the best wave of 2016 - so far. After traveling to Nambia in West Africa, Walsh found himself at one of the most remote surf breaks on the planet, all in search of the perfect wave. Walsh caught his lucky break and ended up riding a wave for nearly three ...

Image: AAP Original story from ABC News Australia: The Namibian government called for bids from trophy hunters to kill three endangered black rhinos despite fierce global criticism over previous auctions. Since 2012, Namibia has sold licences each year to kill individual rhinos, saying the money ...

Francie Lubbe was camping with a friend in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Botswana when she woke up to these lionesses licking water off her tent in the morning. Lubbe posted the video on Facebook and said it was taken in the Khiding campsite, an area in the preserve that is famous for ...

Zimbabwe is currently facing an El-Nino-fueled drought that is decimating cattle and destroying crops in southern Africa. In an effort to save much of its precious wildlife from joining the thousands of cattle that has already been lost, Zimbabwe put out an advertisement in the sate-run ...

This video will make you think twice next time you have engine trouble. Ben Mostert, a farmer from Zimbabwe, recently had quite the encounter with a gigantic African rock python: The funny thing is, according to Ben,  this was the the second time the python had been caught. The snake had ...