Beautiful Serengeti

"The Chase" focuses on Africa's predators and how they hunt -- from cheetahs running down gazelles to lions taking on the mighty buffalo. Even the best hunters can be outrun and outwitted.

"The Hunt" focuses on hunters and hunting, and the brutal ending of a life -- an act which sustains another's. The hunt is by far the most dramatic event taking place on the plains of the Serengeti.

"Defense" explores defensive strategies that include the most powerful instinct -- a mother's love, which helps protect the next generation. This act of self-sacrifice, or risk of harm, typifies a mother's defense of her offspring.

Animals use all sorts of strategies to protect their families and food from marauders.

Explore the many different concepts of family in the natural world. See how animals get together, raising of cubs and chicks, and learn how family bonds can determine an animal's fate.

"Blood Kin" reveals more family strategies at work and the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers.

Explore the ever-present challenges presented by competing for food, mating rights and territory. The competitive spirit is shown in the hunt and the competition between predator and prey.

See the animals of the Serengeti who seem to always be at war with each other. Species compete with each other over territories, and create ring fencing of these areas with scent marking.

The great herds take center stage in "Migration" as what's at stake is revealed for those with no home but the ground they find themselves standing on. The herds run the gamut of predators, as well as pressures unique to this nomadic way of life.

Follow the annual migration through more hazards and dangers.

Explore the rivers and lakes contained within the Serengeti eco-system and examine those whose lives are controlled by the presence -- or lack -- of life-giving water.

Explore the river environment of the enormous Nile crocodiles and hippopotamus.