Across diverse environments, Africa’s wildlife reveals extraordinary stories of adaptation, resilience and survival.
The first season of Earth’s Wild Home – the landmark natural history series created through a partnership between National Geographic, the National Geographic Society and Rolex as part of the Perpetual Planet Initiative – takes viewers on an immersive, seven-part journey into the heart of Africa.
Spectacular landscapes, new species, never-before-documented behaviours and extraordinary stories of adaptation and survival. Filmed over almost four years across nearly 30 countries, Africa Earth’s Wild Home captures the continent’s wildlife like never before, revealing a natural world whose protection is vital.
A wild land of extraordinary contrasts
From arid regions to tropical forests, from vast savannahs to mountains and islands, Africa is home to remarkably varied ecosystems. Across these contrasting environments, wildlife and plants have adapted to heat and humidity, periods of drought and rainy seasons.
A world of adaptation
Black rain frogs, hyenas, elephants, black panthers and chimpanzees: each environment is home to species with their own strategies for adaptation. From the most elusive to the most iconic, they make up an extraordinary diversity of wildlife. Africa Earth’s Wild Home captures some of their behaviours for the first time.
On the front lines of conservation
Observe, understand, share and protect. Through its Perpetual Planet Initiative and alongside the National Geographic Society, Rolex supports explorers and scientists working on the front lines of conservation to deepen our knowledge of the natural world and help safeguard its future. Among them, Steve Boyes, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Matt Shirley and Ingi Agnarsson contribute to a better understanding of Africa’s wildlife through their fieldwork.
Steve Boyes’s Great Spine of Africa Series of Expeditions embodies this commitment. By exploring the continent’s major river basins, the biologist documents freshwater reserves, their biodiversity and how local communities use them, helping to protect these vital resources for generations to come.
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