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  • National Geographic

Queens

All hail.

  • 2024
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~45m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.8/10

In six remote and beautiful places on our planet are queendoms run by the most powerful leaders in the animal world. These queens are sisters, single mothers, grandmothers. This documentary series tells their stories of resilience, strength, love and loss for the first time.

Latest: Miniseries · 2024

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  1. E1. African Queens

    Mar 4, 2024 · 49m

    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.

  2. E2. Rainforest Queens

    Mar 4, 2024 · 44m

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

  3. E3. Tiny Jungle Queens

    Mar 4, 2024 · 49m

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

  4. E4. Savanna Queens

    Mar 11, 2024 · 48m

    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.

  5. E5. Mountain Queens

    Mar 11, 2024 · 44m

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

  6. E6. Coastal Queens

    Mar 11, 2024 · 48m

    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.

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