Get closer. Be immersed in the lives of nature's creatures.

NAT GEO WILD

Animals that turn away from the good life and face difficulties always have their reasons.

Trials of the Wild

Deadly Gamblers

The filmmakers observe how some adult animals leave their fragile infants to fend for themselves in order to survive childhood.

Natural Born Fighters

In the canopy of the Borneo rainforest, animals swing from branch to branch and leap through the treetops, doing everything without ever touching the ground.

Kings of the Canopy

On the edge of the Sahara Desert in Mali, a society of rare desert elephants struggles to survive; more than just a herd of animals, they are a tribe of extended families and comrades with their own unique culture.

Elephants on The Edge

A deadly predator stalks the forests of Costa Rica; it's a super organism made up of half a million tiny individuals -- an army ant colony.

Army of the Ants

For many wild animals, attracting a mate and getting the chance to breed resembles a blood sport; the mating urge drives animals to make long journeys, to let down their guard in the presence of predators and to fight each other to the death.

Fatal Attractions

The Christmas Island red crab is a land-bound crab that still has strong ties to the ocean, the only place where they can give birth to their young.

Night of the Christmas Crab

On Africa's Serengeti Plain, one million wildebeests pause for the female wildebeests to have their young in a massive birthing event.

The Gauntlet

With the arrival of spring, animals from all over the South Atlantic converge on the Falkland Islands; the striated cara-cara is one of the few year-round inhabitants of the islands.

Falkland Island Invasion

Each year, monarch butterflies undertake a multi-generational migration from Mexico to Canada and back again.

Monarchs Amazing Journey

On land, in the air and at sea many animals have to migrate to survive.

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