Nat Geo's 'Africa' Doc Features Six World's Firsts and Required 300 Days of Filming In 33 Countries

Nat Geo's 'Africa' Doc Features Six World's Firsts and Required 300 Days of Filming In 33 Countries

National Geographic's newest documentary series, Africa: Earth's Wild Home, is among its most ambitious to date. The seven-part series is the first in a new multiyear natural history franchise for National Geographic, and features cutting-edge camera technology across the board. PetaPixel spoke to showrunner Gavin Boyland about the incredible diversity of place, subject, and cameras in the new series.

First Look at "Africa Earth's Wild Home" National Geographic's continent-sized series

Underwater hippo cams, a grumpy-faced frog and a hyena hunting flamingos offer a fresh look at Africa’s wildlife in National Geographic’s “Africa Earth’s Wild Home.”

Africa Earth’s Wild Home — Disney+ looks past the lions to wolves that hunt pelicans

Wunmi Mosaku narrates National Geographic's nature docuseries from the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, filmed over nearly four years in close to 30 African countries. Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, it looks past the familiar savanna to golden wolves raiding a pelican island, a rain frog never filmed for TV and crocodiles hunting bats in caves.

Conversations with Kate Laurie: Discovering the Hidden Wilds of Africa

National Geographic’s new series Africa: Earth’s Wild Home sets out to capture the extraordinary ecological diversity of the African continent, from dense rainforests and hidden caves to open landscapes inhabited by some of the world’s most iconic—and least understood—animals. Filmed across nearly 30 countries over almost four years, the series combines spectacular natural-history cinematography with […]