Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by Vanessa Berlowitz, QUEENS is a six-part natural history docuseries that follows powerful sisterhoods where females rule. For the first time at Nat Geo, an all-female-led production team has set out to capture the wondrous beauty of the natural world, and never before has natural history storytelling focused solely on matriarchal societies. The visionaries behind the series draw on their female intuitions to shine a fresh light on the natural world, revealing unique feminine behaviors in six iconic worlds: savannah, forest, coast, night, mountain and the tiny alien world of insects. The series explores the different leadership styles of bonobos, elephants, geladas, wolves, orca, bears and insects. Each episode devotes itself to discovering just why the title of queen is so coveted and tenuous. While getting to the top signifies power, holding rank is far from easy. Every day brings challenges -- and challengers -- to a queen's rule, and how she remains dominant depends on individual personality, loyalty, cooperation, politics, strength and fate. Despite major behavioral differences among each society, there's at least one thing that each queen has in common: family comes first. Current/Upcoming Shooting Locations: U.K., Kenya, Alaska, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Florida