Of all their experience, National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert consider their two years with the lions of Duba the most exciting, important research they have done—here presented in fascinating text and 100 gripping images.
The tawny lion slinks through golden grass, stealthy and sinuous, utterly focused on the hunt. He's a perfect predator awaiting the instant when pure instinct triggers the rush, the spring, the ferocious slash of sharp claws and merciless fangs that will bring down her prey. It's a scene as old as Africa itself, yet its sudden, violent drama is always new.
The Jouberts know it well. For decades they've lived among lions, winning international acclaim for their unique photographs and pioneering documentaries, which record previously unknown lion behavior such as nocturnal forays and a willingness to stalk their quarry through water.
Month after month, they battled hardship and danger to capture these spectacular shots of the relentless blood rivalry on the Okavanga Delta as three separate lion prides harry a huge herd of buffalo.
Dereck and Beverly Joubert, National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence, are internationally acclaimed naturalists and cinematographers. Their many years with lions have yielded not only books like Hunting with the Moon, but also such highly praised documentary films as Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas; Reflections on Elephants; and Lions of Darkness, an outstanding body of work that has won four Emmys, two Chris awards, and a George Foster Peabody award.
