National Geographic's 'Africa: Earth's Wild Home' Debuts with Six World's Firsts and 300 Days of Filming

Key facts

• Africa: Earth's Wild Home premieres October 2 on National Geographic, then October 3 on Disney+ and Hulu
• The seven-part series is the first in a new multiyear natural history franchise for National Geographic
• Production involved over 100 expeditions in 33 countries and more than 300 days of field filming
• The series features six world's firsts, including dwarf crocodiles hunting bats in caves and the TV debut of the black rain frog
• A Namib Desert beetle that digs trenches to collect fog moisture was filmed for the first time, revealing its ability to predict mist
• Showrunner Gavin Boyland described a 'Tom and Jerry approach' to filming humans, often showing them from the waist down
• A drone crew captured a bull elephant descending to the edge of Congu Falls in Gabon after a single photograph prompted the expedition
• The series includes a sequence of sea turtles struggling to reach the ocean, with local conservationists rescuing them only as a last resort