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Watching mom is the best way for cheetah cubs to learn how to hunt. She stalks and takes down a ram almost twice her weight, but 'down' doesn't always mean ‘out’ with such a powerful opponent.

For nearly two years in the forested hills of Zimbabwe, wildlife cameraman Kim Wolhuter shadowed a wild cheetah family on foot, to reveal in intimate detail the cubs’ remarkable journey to adulthood and their mother’s dedication in raising them.

Author and falconer Helen Macdonald takes her new goshawk Lupin out for a first test flight. As a precaution, the hawk is tethered with a long line of braided cotton called a creance and outfitted with a radio transmitter should it fly out of sight.

People have trained hawks for thousands of years and a hawk must always be tamed from scratch. Witness a tense first meeting between "H Is for Hawk" author Helen Macdonald and her new trainee--a goshawk she has named Lupin.

Want to learn more about the reclusive and notoriously fierce goshawk? Visit these sites: Cornell Ornithology Lab Want to know their range? The source of their name? What their call sounds like? Cornell Ornithology lab once again provides a comprehensive and well researched guide to ...

Nearly three years ago, author Helen Macdonald made a grand entrance into U.S. literary circles with her memoir, H Is for Hawk. Dubbed a “beautiful and nearly feral book” by The New York Times, H Is for Hawk took readers on a journey through the ...

Giant river otters, with vulnerable young cubs, discover a large black caiman in their territory. Identifying it as a threat they work together, systematically attacking it and eventually defeating it.

At only eight weeks old, otter cubs need to tackle an essential survival skill; learning to swim. Curiously, baby otters don’t really like water, so their caregiver needs to teach them an most important life lesson--water isn’t something to be afraid of.

Author Helen Macdonald talks about her role in the upcoming NATURE episode "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter".