Stories from the field

Winter in the Atlas Mountains

By Mary Melville, Director for Macaque, Dynasties II
How to find your character

By Rosie Thomas, Producer and Director for Macaque, Dynasties II
Filming a zebra hunt at 45 mph

By Tom Walker, Director of photography for Hyena, Dynasties II
The threat of snares

By Aaron Sandhu, Researcher for Hyena, Dynasties II
Hyenas rock!

By Mandi Stark, Producer of Hyena, Dynasties II
Introducing... Kali and her cubs

By Simon Blakeney, Series Producer for Dynasties II
A surprise in the grass

By Anna Place, Producer of Cheetah, Dynasties II
Filming Elephant in the Amboseli Ecosystem

By Lydia Baines, Producer of Elephant, Dynasties II
Becoming individuals

By Nico Lagos, Conservationist and field guide
Old school, with a dash of new

By John Shier, Director of photography
Making Meerkat: A Dynasties Special

By the Meerkat production team
Image gallery: Filming Dynasties

By the Dynasties film crew
A day in the life of the BBC Dynasties Chimpanzee team

By Rosie Thomas
Kidnapping babies and other strange meerkat behaviour

Meerkats are one of the most well loved animals in the UK, and around the world.
Habituating chimps to the Dynasties film crew

By Rosie Thomas
Hunting with spears and other behind the scenes behaviours

By Rosie Thomas
The end of the polar night

By Will Lawson
Exploring our new home

By Will Lawson
Capturing the aurora

By Will Lawson
A filmmaker's dilemma

By Will Lawson
Lions getting really close

By Simon Blakeney
Night-time visitors

By Simon Blakeney
The future for lions across Africa

By the Dynasties team
Warthogs

By Simon Blakeney
Painted wolves hunting baboons

By Nick Lyon
Painted wolves sing to choose a new alpha pair

By Nick Lyon
The name painted wolf

By the Dynasties team
A day in the life: filming tigers

By Theo Webb
Filming in Bandhavgarh

By the Dynasties team

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