Tortuga, a tortoise soon to lay her eggs, is swept away by a storm to a foreign island, where her young become endangered and Tortuga leads a troubled search for a mate.
An odd-looking hopping creature, wondering what kind of animal he is, learns that he shares the characteristics of many different animals as he roams the land searching for a name and for a friend just like him.
After being separated from her grandfather in the forest, a young African girl sees elephant poaching firsthand when she rescues a baby elephant whose mother has been killed by hunters.