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- A feature on Katia and Maurice Krafft and their volcano studies.
- Horse loving actress Julia Roberts spends time with nomads in Mongolia and experiences their lifestyle in which horses play an important role.
- Profiles the "king cat" and its struggle for survival.
- The Hawaiian islands stretch for more than 1,500 miles through the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of beauty. But it is also a land of volcanic fury, raging mountaintop blizzards, dangerous rockslides, monster waves, and even tsunamis.
- In 1967, villagers in Africa's Equitorial Guinea captured a baby gorilla with a coat of pure white. The film tells the story of this amazing animal, from his loving upbringing by humans to his eventual death from skin cancer in 2003.
- Seasonal changes impel a wide variety of creatures to begin their epic migrations to ancient feeding, mating, and breeding grounds, sometimes covering thousands of miles and employing ingenious methods to reach their destinations.
- The big cats of Africa have always been favored subjects of wildlife filmmakers.
- Expeditions to the Central African Republic, Guatemala and Cambodia to explore primates of the rain forests.
- Dogs: The Early Years. Puppies of any breed enchant and beguile us.
- Though cats appear aloof to the uninitiated, individual owners tell stories revealing that cats are capable of amazing acts of courage, stamina, resourcefulness, and loyalty.
- Defying all conventional labels, John Denver held a singular place in American music: a songwriter whose immensely popular work was suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world.
- It's one of the most brutal environments on Earth - so how does life carry on here?
- Animals are a formidable presence in the Bible, which makes reference to over a hundred species, some metaphorically and others literally. But many of those creatures are gone from the Holy Land today, or on the verge of extinction there.
- Underwater filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall go diving 300 miles off the coast of Central America.
- Most big cats do their best to remain hidden from human eyes, but none are quite as adept at this as the snow leopard.
- Travel around the world and learn more about a one-of-a-kind animal, as Lynn Sherr presents a beguiling portrait of giraffes.
- Once on the edge of extinction, grizzlies have made a remarkable recovery. But this fierce predator is no longer content foraging in the back country. Today, bears are everywhere. And everyone has something to say about it.
- The birth and survival of a panda cub signals hope for the world's most cherished endangered animals.
- Follow as Ewan McGregor travels to a remote Canadian outpost on Hudson Bay, where he investigates the annual invasion of hungry polar bears.
- To the actress Meg Ryan, an encounter with one is the culmination of a lifelong dream. NATURE gets a rare glimpse of the unique pachyderm in White Elephants of Thailand with Meg Ryan.
- Think you know all about hippos? Think again. NATURE'S HIPPO BEACH will have you seeing these heavyweight creatures in a different light.
- Documentary about the venomous animals that live in Australia.
- Reveals how giant-wave surfers from around the world couldn't walk away from the largest waves ever recorded.
- Explains how both conflict and cooperation have helped shape the species that today populate our world. And it profiles the winners and losers - from the massive dinosaurs to the humble bacteria that have survived for billions of years.
- See the importance of an unlikely partnership between a regal tree and a tiny wasp.
- In interviews with scientists and eyewitnesses, NATURE probes the evidence that some animals may have senses that allow them to predict impending natural disasters long before we can.
- In the sequel to "Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies," filmmaker Ginger Kathrens continues his chronicle of the lives of horses living wild in the mountains of Montana, picking up Cloud's story as he embarks on life as a stallion.
- Whooping cranes learn survival lessons from human surrogate parents.
- Cows have altered human life, biology and the geography of the world.
- Sculpted millions of years ago by the advance and retreat of vast shields of ice, the Emerald Isle harbors a wealth of wildlife among its craggy mountains, fog-shrouded coastlines, deep gorges, and vast networks of inland waterways.
- View the Okavango Delta, after the rains, from the point of view of the crocodile and the eagle.
- Watch as the barren Kalahari swarms with life brought forth by a brief season of sudden storms.
- True tale of a red-tailed hawk who has taken up residence on the facade of a exclusive Fifth Avenue apartment house across from New York's Central Park.
- This film takes you to the deepest enclaves of the Amazon for a first-hand look at macaws, offering bird lovers the rare opportunity to enjoy these beautiful birds in their natural habitats rather than in pet stores and cages.
- Each summer, a region known as the Red Triangle bustles with marine mammal activity.
- NATURE investigates the sometimes exasperating efforts of people and wild animals to adapt to each other when their worlds collide.
- Explore the wickedly ingenious ways our wild neighbors are staking their claim for territory in an increasingly human-controlled world.
- Both humans and animals are hard-wired to find youngsters adorable. The practical and essential reasons why the very young have an ability to play on our heartstrings are explored in Baby Tales.
- NATURE invites viewers to share the inspiring beauty and harsh realities of survival in the land of the Big Red Roos.
- When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, more than 250,000 pets were left stranded by the storm's destruction
- Examine a remarkable and mysterious partnership between killer whales and whalers.
- Individuals care for a population of once-captive chimpanzees that scientists used for research.
- One of the world's best-known animal researchers surveys the results of more than three decades of painstaking study.
- Explore a broad range of creatures with astonishing abilities, from the redwing blackbird, whose brain dramatically changes shape, to a fungus that transforms itself into something resembling a stalk.
- Sheer nerve, character and intelligence have earned ravens a place in myth and legend, everywhere in the world where they are found. But they are also creatures of the heart -- when they find a mate, they bond for life.
- As snow falls and Christmas lights glow in Jackson Hole, a holiday season of a different sort settles in just beyond the town.
- The role of insects, spiders, and other seemingly innocuous creatures in demonstrated by noted forensic pathologists.
- Every relationship between horse and rider rests on a few fundamental principles - understanding the animal, building trust, communication and working in unison.
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- Amid the pristine wilderness of Africa's Zambezi region unfolds a sinister tale of political upheaval, sexual intrigue, and murder.
- 1982– 55m8.5 (21)TV EpisodeImagine standing on the bottom of the ocean and looking up into a glittering kelp forest alive with darting fish, or watching five-foot-long sharks and giant tuna whiz by at arm's length, or being surrounded by elegant, lacy white jellyfish as they soar, pulsing, through the water. Visitors to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on the coast of Northern California experience all this - and more.
- Emperors and kings, chinstraps and Adélies - NATURE follows the penguins' difficult journey through the cycle of seasons and explores how a changing climate is affecting their habitat and survival.
- Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.
- Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.
- Millions of years ago, they ruled the planet. These days, they are saddled with a mostly undeserved bad reputation. Meet the reptiles, and the people who love and study them.
- Africa's lion population appears to be declining at an alarming rate. NATURE's The Vanishing Lions searches for explanations and solutions.
- Martin Nicholas searches for exotic spiders such as the goliath birdeater of Venezuela and a small South American spider that creates a web up to 30 feet long.
- NATURE's Underdogs tells the poignant story of two misfits whose lives were turned around by people who saw their potential for greatness.
- Cuba was not originally in the Caribbean Sea but in the Pacific Ocean, where the island was situated 100 million years ago.
- Go into the depths of the Amazon, home to millions of marvelous species.
- Explore how the rainforest acts as an engine of evolution. The Sumatran tiger is caught on film.
- Follow Bob Cranston in his quest to film and understand the world's most mysterious cephalopods.
- Join Hardy Jones in his crusade to protect dolphins.
- Scientists have discovered that natural poisons, toxins, and venoms contain chemicals that can be used to create an array of drugs for treating everything from chronic pain to cancer. Meet the people who are researching the venom cure.
- Steller's sea lions are the subject of a strange and tragic mystery: Steller's sea lions are rapidly disappearing from one of the last great wildlife strongholds of the world, and no one knows why.
- Mysteries and surprises abound in the nocturnal world of Leopards of Yala.
- Thousands of tons of war wreckage sank into the lagoons of the South Pacific islands during the battles of World War II. Instead of devastating the region's underwater ecology, the detritus of human conflict turned into artificial reefs.
- Filmed in the mountains of Montana, this poignant, engrossing chronicle focuses on an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth in the wild in 1995 by Emmy-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens.
- The documentary hopscotches to various points on the globe to show viewers a diverse array of animals that make music: to Australia, for the lyre bird; Sumatra, for the Siamang gibbon; and Sweden, for the great weed warbler.
- With footage of octopus species rarely, if ever, seen before -- including one with giant eyes and another with antennae in place of suction cups -- Nature takes viewers into the deepest realms of the ocean for a front-row view.
- Filmmaker Norbert Wu and his team embark on a 2,400-mile journey from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to make the first high-definition film of life hidden under the Antarctic ice.
- An afternoon spent with the famous gorilla who knows sign language, and the scientist who taught her how to "talk". One of the first words that Koko used to describe herself was Queen. The gorilla was only a few years old when she first made the gesture-sweeping a paw diagonally across her chest as if tracing a royal sash. The cause of the primate's celebrity is her extraordinary aptitude for language. Over the past 43 years, since Patterson began teaching Koko at the age of 1, the gorilla has learned more than 1,000 words of modified American Sign Language-a vocabulary comparable to that of a 3-year-old human child. While there have been many attempts to teach human languages to animals, none have been more successful than Patterson's achievement with Koko.
- Dogs are anything but common animals. They develop lifelong bonds with the people. They instinctively know when a human or animal companion is in need of help.
- No flowering plant has captured the attention of humans, or stirred their passions, in quite the way that orchids have.
- Beneath Florida lies the world's largest known system of springs. These springs shelter strange life forms and dot the land above it with outlets of water that once was as pure as any found on this planet.
- Straight from the archive, former NATURE host George Page gives his signature intro to The Joy of Pigs back in 1996.
- Woldwide, there are more than 370 species of sharks, which vary greatly in size, shape, preferred habitat, and prey. This film explores their worlds and those of their close cousins, the rays.
- It presents extremely rare under-the-ice footage that reveals a complex and potentially dangerous side to this huge and often mysterious mammal.
- Kamchatka is a rugged peninsula of volcanic craters and steep valleys. Its isolation also has kept it a haven for one of Earth's last giants, the grizzly bear.
- There is a great deal we can learn from our fellow creatures. Their understanding of the world pre-dates our own, and carries with it extraordinary abilities to heal, communicate, and transform our lives.
- THE NATURE OF SEX spans the globe to illustrate how an astonishing diversity of life forms find their mates and conceive, raise, and protect their offspring.
- "Nature" celebrates 25 years on public television.
- During the past century, the rhinos of Africa and Asia have been pushed out of their habitats and hunted nearly to extinction for their horns. Now, thanks to the efforts of conservationists and scientists, the rhinos are on their way back.
- Gigantic crocodiles - some known to exceed 20 feet - are very, very rare, but still out there in the wild, with a few held in captivity. Renowned herpetologist Romulus Whitaker attempts to ensure the future of the last of these leviathans.
- Take flight on an exhilarating ride with winged predators. Humans have had a unique relationship with raptors for more than four thousand years. Through the ancient sport of falconry and as inspiration for the latest in aircraft design.
- The Andes are an extraordinary world of diverse terrain, extreme temperatures and multifarious wildlife.
- NATURE chronicles African elephants' families through stunning film and still photos.
- The story of Otters from across the world including three abandoned otters brought back to health in Wisconsin.
- California is the land of Disney, Hollywood, and freeway traffic jams. But on a much grander scale, it's also the land of natural marvels, including a coastal paradise where wildlife and flora thrive in an unspoiled environment.
- Explore the massive Pacific Ocean through the eyes of a 30-year-old sea turtle as she embarks alone on an extraordinary 9,000-mile migration to breed and lay eggs on the beach where she was born.
- 1982– 58mTV-G7.8 (59)TV EpisodeDetails the explosion of dog types into the roughly 400 breeds known today and outlines dogs' potential role in medical care for human beings.
- A special band of muscle running along its side helps the great white hunt fur seals.
- 1982– 58mTV-G7.7 (68)TV EpisodeDogs' roles as guard, hunter, herder, hauler and spiritual protector, as well as current theories about the wolf's evolutionary leap.
- New technology is helpful for understanding wild cats. But it doesn't just answer our questions but questions we didn't even know we should ask. Are cheetahs all about speed? Are lions the most intelligent cat? What does a borneo bay cat even look like? Are cougars solitary animals? Why are servals fond of electrical power plants. Why is Mumbai the best place to see wild leopards. Why are there more tigers in the United States than roaming wild in Asia. Can the iberian lynx be saved.
- Join Sir David Attenborough as he pieces together the remarkable discovery of the Ichthyosaur, a fearsome fish lizard that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
- The evolutionary journey of the horse, from its tiny ancient ancestor, the Dawn Horse, to the modern statuesque steed. Scientists explain the genetic basis of a horse's abilities and powerful gait. Exploration of the ways horses display their emotions and show they read ours. Partnerships with horses depend on trust as demonstrated in the training of a young horse to saddle and rider. (Part 1) Narrated by anthropologist and equine expect Dr. Niobe Thompson.
- 1982– 53mTV-PG8.2 (30)TV EpisodeAnthropologist Niobe Thompson uncovers the history of mankind's relationship with the horse. Included: the habits and biology of these Majestic animals; and a ride-along with the world's last nomadic tribes.
- This film tells the sad story of how the buffalo nation was destroyed nearly a century ago by greed and uncontrolled hunting -- and how a few visionaries are working today to rebuild the once-great bison herds.
- In the frigid Indian Himalayas, people manage to eke out a living alongside one of Asia's most elusive cats: the snow leopard. Explore this fragile relationship through the eyes of Tashi, a local goat herder.
- A look at at various octopuses and the scientist that are trying to learn more about them.
- Explore the international emergency research that is underway to uncover the cause of the massive die-offs of honeybees, a potential ecological disaster.
- Intrepid avian creatures attain new heights in NATURE's Extraordinary Birds.
- Florida's wildlife is under threats from nature, such as hurricanes and fire, human development and invasive species.
- An intimate look into the weasel family which includes the adventures of a first-time weasel mom, a tiny orphan weasel and the fearless honey badger.
- An exploration of how changing international relationships may affect Cuba and Cuba's vast natural resources and unique species.
- There are more than 100 types of rabbits and hares. Despite their extraordinary ability to reproduce, wild rabbits are in danger of being eradicated. This show separates the facts from the stereotypes.
- Travel back in time with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of how nature works. Based on a book of the same name.
- An ambitious new natural history format following a film crew on a mission into the most biodiverse region of the Amazon rainforest. Meet some amazing creatures, from howler monkeys to pumas, as the wild secrets of the jungle are revealed.
- In Alaska's great Iditarod sled dog race, almost no factor is more important than the relationship forged between the mushers and their dogs. Their extraordinary bond can mean more than win or lose - it can mean life or death.
- A highlight of Nature's season on PBS offers a rousing sex education that goes far beyond the birds and the bees. Lizards do push-ups for it, Gelada baboons show off their passion-flushed pectorals, and Capuchin monkeys play the drums.
- King among the mountain gorillas of Rwanda, Titus is one of only 700 of his kind alive today. Dian Fossey, the famed primatologist, documents Titus' extraordinary life, from his early days to his rise to power as a silverback.
- The spy creatures investigate the wildlife that thrives in the tropics. They infiltrate a hippo pod, a nursery of red flying foxes, a gorilla sanctuary and the secret world of pygmy forest elephants.
- Travel to the Northern Hemisphere, where the spy creatures learn how animals move, feed and fight. A spy hummingbird films millions of butterflies, and a spy squirrel winds up in a battle. A spy beaver observes other beavers building dams.
- Explore the islands of the South Pacific with creatures like the spy koala, who captures breeding behavior in Australia, or the spy crab, who joins an army of red crabs on their march to the sea to deposit their eggs.
- Get the full story on marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish -- the most highly prized of all game fish.
- Three years in the making, this is the dramatic saga of Yellowstone's Druid wolf pack, its turf wars with rival packs and the fate of the wolves' Lamar Valley ecosystem.
- For tens of millions of years, parrots have survived and thrived in Australia even as the continent underwent dramatic changes.
- Learn about the plight of the polar bears, who are living on borrowed time as their habitat changes and food sources become rare.
- A story of the interconnection of life: NATURE discovers how the plummeting number of horseshoe crabs affects the red knot, a tiny bird.
- Featuring panoramic scenes of lush landscapes, Prince of the Alps travels high into the mountains, where chamois and ibex are right at home on the nearly vertical cliffs, marmots emerge late from hibernation, and red deer prove their agility. The little prince enjoys special status in the herd, thanks to his mother's social rank.
- In a winner-take-all contest, a male elephant seals challenges a rival for access to his harem of females.
- Veteran wildlife filmmaker Simon King takes on a new role in The Cheetah Orphans - that of surrogate mother.
- In the forbidding Namib Desert, along the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, Dr. Philip (Flip) Stander tracks a mysterious and remarkable quarry: lions.
- NATURE uproots the cunning secrets of how flora reproduce.
- Apparently, there is nothing a male will not do for the right to mate with a female - dance, sing, fight, change body colors, illuminate, even agree to be eaten alive. There is often a surplus of males, and they are instinctively driven to compete in order to pass their genes to the next generation. But it takes two to tango. Now, scientists are learning to what extremes males will go in order to find that dance partner.
- Spy Creatures explore the rarely seen emotions of animals, revealing if they are as strong and complex as our own. Join the "spycams" as they are accepted into a wild dog pack, witness elephant love, and are mourned by a troop of monkeys.
- Spy Creatures infiltrate the world of animal intelligence, ingenuity, and creativity. Watch our spies disguised as animals observe a gray squirrel stealing Spy Nut, a sea otter cracking open a meal, and an orangutan washing with soap.
- Limbo presents the landscape and wildlife of the "Middle World," the delta of the Okavango River. A hyena and a warthog family share neighboring dens, helping each other by keeping an eye on threatening predators such as lions and leopards.
- Inferno presents the landscape and wildlife of the Lower Okavango River. The landscape is baked dry by the scorching sun, and large herds of zebra and wildebeest migrate to the dry plains in search of precious salt that these animals need.
- Paradise presents the landscape and wildlife of the Upper Okavango River. A lioness severely injured by a buffalo is left for dead by her pride. Now handicapped, she has to survive in the swamp alone, hunting to feed her little cubs.
- A major spectacle of spring: the mass movements of animals as they take advantage of spring's bounty. Meet the scientists who track the journeys of animals over vast distances, from winter refuge to spring nesting grounds.
- The varied activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes.
- Travelling from Norway to Newfoundland just as seafarers did in A.D. 1,000 to get a sense of how the Vikings lived in the Americas; narrator Ewan MacGregor.
- Spy Creatures infiltrate the underground world of animal mischief, crime, and retribution. Spy Monkey is caught between crossfires as real monkeys fight over beach bar alcohol. Spy Egret is also a waterhole victim when elephants throw mud everywhere.
- At the very northern edge of North America is Ellesmere Island, where unforgiving Arctic winds tear through the tundra. It's home to one of the most hardened predators on the planet, the white wolf.
- Observing pandas in the wild in China's Qinling Mountains; the training of a young panda born in captivity.
- The rescue, rehabilitation and eventual release of koalas, kangaroos, wombats and endangered species of parrots that survived the bushfires in Australia.
- The film follows the perilous parenthood of two species - white gyrfalcons and Arctic wolves - on Canada's remote Ellesmere Island, where winter lasts nine months and raising young in such a hostile environment is a daily struggle.
- Revel in the resurgence of the bald eagle, the American emblem that's come roaring back from the brink of extinction.
- Who are the cleverest monkeys? And how much of human experience do they really share?
- Ernest Thompson Seton's tale about an encounter with a wolf led to the establishment of the National Park system and the Boy Scout movement in America.
- Rising sharply from the South African landscape, cliffs like spines form the majestic Drakensberg Mountains. Born of Jurassic molten lava, they span more than 600 miles and tower more than 10,000 feet.
- An in-depth look into the life of a skunk. Explores far more than their ability to make a stink.
- Conservationist Romulus Whitaker uses documented science and contemporary reports to determine whether dragons were real.
- Join an in-depth investigation into the great divide between dog lovers and cat lovers. Animal behaviorists, psychologists, trainers and devoted owners all weigh in.
- A family of baboons challenge a leopard. Lion tailed macaques in southern India use malabar squirrels to find ripe jackfruit. Blue-eyed black lemurs rub formic acid from carpenter ants on their fur to repel ticks. This episode is about various species of primates and things they do to survive.
- Family is everything for primates. They have the most complex social lives of any animal group on the planet. Meet devoted monkeys' uncles, playmate apes and tender troops.
- On an island off Thailand, Long-Tailed Macaques use rocks to open shellfish, so much so as to deplete the resource. In a forest in Malaysia, Dusky Langurs struggle to cross new roads so fire hose is used to build a monkey bridge.
- Get an intimate look at the wildlife of Lapland, a region in northern Finland, the fabled home of Santa Claus and actual home of reindeer, great gray owls, wolverines, eagles, wolves, musk oxen, brown bears and more.
- The coldest and snowiest places on earth pose a challenge to human visitors. What about the year-round animal population? How do they cope for many months in these frozen wonderlands where temperatures can plummet to as low as -50 degrees?
- Learn how large-scale die-offs of frogs around the world have prompted scientists to take desperate measures.
- Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the world's most active volcano. Its last eruption began in 1983 and hasn't stopped since. Few have ever filmed the cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75-degree ocean water.
- Scientists attempt to breed new generations of nearly extinct species.
- The King of Beasts, the lion has an image of noble magnificence - a deadly hunter, red in both tooth and claw, to which all creatures defer. And yet, behind this facade, every lion has a history of drama, intrigue and tragedy. For seven months, award-winning filmmaker, Owen Newman, followed the lions of the Tokitok pride in Tanzania's breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater. What started out as an intimate story of lions in their full glory evolved into a record of a pride which had fallen on hard times. George Page relates the demise of the Tokitok lioness, and their two guardian males as they strive to retain their 'kingdom' and protect their cubs among the more powerful inhabit the crater.
- Enjoy the Alps in spring and summertime as newborn animals grow up to face the coming brutal winter.
- Animals face the hostile and bitter cold ecosystems of the Alps which include snow blizzards and avalanches.
- Travel to the ice mountains of Chile to discover the secrets of the puma (aka panther, mountain lion and cougar) the area's largest predator. Discover how this elusive cat survives and follow the dramatic fate of a puma and her cubs.
- They say 'There's no place like home' and for wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, it takes more than growing up in a place to truly appreciate its beauty. It takes coming home again.
- Victoria Falls, between the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is over a mile wide. Many birds, reptiles, fish, and mammals call this area home.
- Roam the Wild West frontier land of the Rio Grande's Big Bend alongside its iconic animals, including black bears, rattlesnakes and scorpions.
- Follow the story of a leopard mother as she raises her cubs near the Luangwa River in Africa, facing a constant battle to hunt successfully, defend her territory and protect her cubs against enemies.
- Nearly 40 species of shark live in the warm waters of Hawaii's volcanic islands, including white tip reef sharks, Galapagos sharks and tiger sharks.
- NATURE explores the unusual problems created as the struggle to give Asian elephants a home is fought worldwide.
- Explore the evolution of brains. The bundle of nerve cells that allows us to sense our surroundings, sort out information, and make decisions.
- As predators became better hunters, their prey also evolved better defenses. The drive to survive has produced remarkable hunting strategies. Other animals have taken to deception.
- Take a passionate look at the evolution of sex, which allows a species to pass its genes along from generation to generation.
- Explore the factors that make winners and losers in the game of life, and poses the question: who will triumph in the long run?
- Take a close look at the alliances that animals have forged - with others of their own kind and very different organisms - in a bid to stay alive.
- Uncover the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes. See the surprising number of animals that survive and thrive alongside these fiery natural phenomena
- An ecologist tracks the lesser long-nosed bat's epic migration across Mexico, encountering hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs and cockroaches, in an effort to save the species and the tequila plants they pollinate, on the season finale.
- Spy Creatures and their new wild friends rely on each other to look out for predators. A Spy Meerkat babysits meerkat pups while a Spy Cobra pretends to attack the mob. Spy Crocs witness a partnership between real crocodiles and birds.
- The local ecology of Amate fig trees in Belize, including the tiny wasps they depend on for their fertilization.
- Large rock outcroppings on Africa's Serengeti plains.
- A 300-mile archipelago in the Caribbean is threatened by industrialization.
- A tropical rain forest in Costa Rica.
- Frederick II of Hohenstaufen studies animal behavior in the 13th century.
- Early studies of animal behavior by the naturalists John Ray, Charles-Georges Le Roy, and Daines Barrington.
- Early studies of the animal mind by naturalists and zoologists.
- Experiments by Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, B. F. Skinner, and William Thorpe begin to reveal how animals learn.
- Karl von Frisch, Julian Huxley, Konrad Lorenz, and others investigate animal communication.
- Animal behavior in social groups.
- The acacia trees of the African savannah, and the important role that they play in the ecosystem
- The natural defenses which some animals use to ward off predators.
- The birds of Papua New Guinea.
- A severe drought strikes Keoladeo National Park in northern India, pushing the wildlife which live there to the brink.
- A team of herpetologists hopes to change public perception of what they feel is a misunderstood snake, the black mamba, one of Africa's most feared.
- From the moment of birth, baby animals can face almost anything -- from a social group of caregivers to complete abandonment. Yet all wild babies share some things in common, they must learn whom to trust, what to fear, and when to act.
- The continuing saga of Cloud, the wild, white stallion now in his prime, returns viewers to the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana.
- A moving story of how an orphaned baby elephant beat the odds.
- Helen Macdonald's best-selling book H Is for Hawk told the saga of a grieving daughter who found healing in training a goshawk. Now she digs deeper into the world of these raptors by raising a goshawk of her own.
- Great things come in small packages. This film tells the epic survival stories of the world's smallest animals, from a tiny sengi, the "cheetah" of the shrew world, to a small shark that walks on land.
- The cameras capture young cheetahs learning to hunt in Namibia, reveal how fur seals of an Australian island evade the great white sharks offshore, and help solve a conflict between South African farmers and chacma baboons.
- Deep-dive with Chilean devil rays in the Azores, track brown bears' diets in Turkey, and follow dogs protecting flocks of sheep from gray wolves in Southern France.
- A veteran pair of ospreys return home to a Connecticut saltmarsh. Over one summer they must battle their enemies, withstand the elements, and hunt hundreds of fish, all to raise the next generation of these consummate sea hawks.
- A wildlife cameraman spends his time during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown filming the bees in his urban garden and discovers the many diverse species and personalities that exist in this insect family.
- The story of the first year in a humpback whale's life as she learns lessons from her mother.
- From elephants to termites, an entire community of creatures in Africa call the waterhole their home.
- From a herd of bighorn sheep and their newborn lambs to a mother grizzly bear and her cubs, animal families struggle to survive across the Rocky Mountains.
- Young animals face challenges as winter envelopes the Rocky Mountains and spring means the end of childhood. A grizzly prepares her cubs for hibernation, a mountain lion raises her kittens, and a bison calf must learn to survive the snow.
- The complex science behind the behavior of animals that rebel, including and alpha chimpanzee, a manipulative crab and a dolphin with a pufferfish drug problem.
- Some animals will do whatever it takes to survive. Cockatoos turn to vandalism, boxer crabs hold anemones hostage, sloths become filthy, puff adders have an 'invisibility cloak' to hide themselves, and chimps use violence to stay in power.
- Getting ahead in the mating game requires some astonishing behavior from promiscuous prairie dogs, to backstabbing manakins, kidnapping macaques, and hyenas with a bad case of sibling rivalry.
- Monkey-like lemurs, found on Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Included: the ring-tailed lemur, which forages for fruit pods, leaves and roots; the indri; the red-fronted; and the lesser mouse, with an average weight of 2 ounces.
- Humans have long been fascinated by the apparent similarities between themselves and other primates. The world of primates is an astonishing reflection of our own world. In the wild primates live in complex and varied societies in which they use tools, take herbal medicines, wheel and deal, deceive, practice power politics and sexual politics, and sometimes even suffer from executive stress.
- In Yellow Stone National Park, grizzly bears and wolves share dominance as the region's top predators. Constantly at odds, the conflicts of these two civilizations, as well as their impact on the ecosystem as a whole, often define the very nature of the tumultuous life that exists here for all wildlife.
- High-definition, high-speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild helps viewers to understand the world of hummingbirds as never before.
- In the landscape of the Balkans live wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of Europe.
- Predatory pythons have thrived in the protected wilderness of Everglades National Park.
- The polar bear rules the north. To the hardy native people who settled the harsh lands of the Arctic, the powerful hunter with the ghostly white coat is known as the "lonely roamer." But most of us know the huge mammal as the polar bear.