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National Geographic has a new natural-history docuseries coming to its slate, Queens, focused solely on matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom.

Rare TV’s The River: A Year in the Life of the Tay has been ordered by BBC Four, marking the first commission for the recently formed independent production company under its new banner.

Mike Suggett, a creative executive, producer and programmer at MotorTrend Group, has been named head of programming and development for the Discovery company.

Sunny Side of the Doc, an international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences, has chosen Germany as this year’s Country in Focus.

Anne Hufnagel, the long-time general manager of Autentic Distribution, is set to leave the documentary sales company by the middle of the year.

National Geographic Documentary Films has partnered with the two-time Academy Award-nominated director Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) and the Oscar-winning producers Dan Cogan (Icarus) and Evan Hayes (Free Solo) for a documentary feature about Jacques Cousteau, the famed ocean explorer.

World’s Greatest Palaces, a new factual series from Woodcut Media, is set to air on the UKTV factual channel Yesterday.

CNN Films has partnered with Trilogy Films and Color Farm Media to develop a documentary feature about civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Robert Lewis.

Marquee.TV, a new on-demand streaming platform dedicated to live arts and culture, has launched in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada.

Oxygen Media is expanding its slate of true-crime originals with six new greenlights and five series in development, including new projects from household names such as Kim Kardashian, Mark Wahlberg, Ice-T and Nancy Grace.