In the towering walls of Tanzania's Ngorongoro crater, the sisters of a lion pride clash with a hyena clan ruled by an all-powerful queen.

In the Congo Forest, a young bonobo must leave behind everything she knows to find her place in a world where friendship means survival.

Under the rainforest canopy two tiny insect queens build their empires. One through great sacrifice, the other betrayal.

A baby is born into the ultimate animal sisterhood; a family of elephants. She will need all their experience and protection if she is to survive.

A gelada monkey and an Ethiopian wolf fight for their families and their legacy in a world of ancient Ethiopian mountain peaks.

An orca family's success relies on the experience of their sixty-year-old matriarch; while a first-time bear mother must raise her three cubs alone.