2024-07-01
Travel to the ends of the Earth, where a drama is unfolding in real time. Meet animals, from tiny butterflies to huge humpback whales, that are acting as sentinels, adapting their behaviour, and helping us unlock the riddles of our changing planet.
Navigate the oceans vast distances, depths, and darkness with nomadic sharks that thrive in the blue emptiness. Meet a lone blue shark traversing stormy Atlantic seas, and hundreds of hammerheads returning to their Pacific island breeding ground.
Winter releases her iron grip. In Iceland Arctic foxes scurry across mountains to mate. In Shetland an otter raises her cubs. In Norway a vast reindeer herd descends to the calving grounds. A huge March storm rages across the Stormborn lands.
Arctic foxes raise cubs on Icelands volcanic shores. Finding food proves challenging until one fox learns to hunt new prey. In Shetland the otter cub strikes out alone and his mother finds a new mate. In Norway reindeer calves take their first steps.
Avoid the swords, spikes, and deadly hood ornaments on these alpha hunters. Observe elands locking corkscrew horns, storks rattling sabreshaped beaks, rhinos scaring the competition with massive horns, and striped marlins spearing unsuspecting prey.
Just to the south of the Great Barrier Reef and the Tropic of Capricorn, Fraser Island lies like a sprawling lizard. Some 120 kilometers long and up to 25 kilometers wide, Fraser Island is now the largest sand island on Earth. Somehow on this nutrientpoor bed of sand life has thrived. Dingoes patrol its forests in search of wallabies while whitebellied sea eagles scour the beaches from above. From
There are animals on earth that are born to kill. Specialized hunters with impressive weapons and unique attack strategies. Every predator has a plight. They must kill to survive. The harsh reality of life as a hunter is never knowing where your next meal is coming from.
Endure winter and early spring on the west coast, where animals eke out a chilly existence. Watch red deer battle on windswept Inishvickillane, welcome seal pups amid howling storms on the Inishkea islands, and view the return of the basking sharks.
Explore a 1,500yearold monastery among the dizzying crags of the worldfamous Skellig Islands. Spy Manx shearwaters and humpback whales, then chase after pygmy shrews on Clare before heading to the Aran Islands for a peek at an autumn spectacle.
Travel to the ends of the Earth, where a drama is unfolding in real time. Meet animals, from tiny butterflies to huge humpback whales, that are acting as sentinels, adapting their behaviour, and helping us unlock the riddles of our changing planet.