Queens

Queens

All hail.

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.

Documentary

Seasons

African Queens

1. African Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-04

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.

Rainforest Queens

2. Rainforest Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-04

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

Tiny Jungle Queens

3. Tiny Jungle Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-04

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

Savanna Queens

4. Savanna Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-11

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.

Mountain Queens

5. Mountain Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-11

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

Coastal Queens

6. Coastal Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-11

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.

Behind the Queens

7. Behind the Queens

Air Date: 2024-03-11

A celebration of the extraordinary women filmmakers and game changing conservationists behind the Queens series.

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Rating

7.9/10

Release Date

2024-03-04

Episodes

7 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

Wildstar Films

Wildstar Films

National Geographic

National Geographic