2024-09-28
The coast of Mozambique is home to giants, like humpbacks and whale sharks, but the tiniest species play just as big of a role in the ecosystem. Meet the scientists who are working against the clock to protect coastal creatures big and small.
Welcome Annas clan back to Marina Bay, where two otter families have been trespassing. Feel the heat when Mia catches Annas scent and hustles the Townies out of reach. Then hold tight as the Nomads remain blissfully unaware of the coming conflict.
Follow the Bay Familys matriarch as she chases the Nomads out of her territory for good, and examine the surprising birthing den where the Townies leader, Mia, settles in. Then kick back with the Mangrove Family as they pal around with stray dogs.
Follow the Bay Familys matriarch as she chases the Nomads out of her territory for good, and examine the surprising birthing den where the Townies leader, Mia, settles in. Then kick back with the Mangrove Family as they pal around with stray dogs.
Contend with a flood of abandoned koala joeys, then join vet nurse Nick on a hunt for natural remedies to treat a wallabys gut ailment. Ponder options for a baby bat stuck in a tree and look on as vet Karina operates on a barn owls fractured wing.
Join the rescue as Amanda and Mandy try every trick in the book to help a snared hyena, a lion threatens a village, and the teams plan to release a troop of 13 monkeys is thwarted by last minute surgery and some crafty escape artists.
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.
Witness the tiny creatures that make us squirm while hiding admirable survival skills. From playing dead, removing a tail, or being able to lift objects 30 times their weight, these insects conquer the world with their amazing adaptations.
Hear the Serengeti plains echo with the thunder of two million wildebeests on the move. Meet them at one of the most dangerous parts of their annual circular migration, a risky crossing of the crocodilefilled Mara River at the regions north end.
Travel to the southern Serengeti to witness the largest mass birth on the planet. Explore the shortgrass plains, where female wildebeests rest with their new babies before recrossing the Mara River, where hungry crocs await an annual feast.
Explore the modernday Eden that lies in the lush Ngorongoro highlands along the edge of the Serengeti. Survey its famous volcanic crater and search for an elusive and legendary bull elephant, who is one of the few left in Africa with unbroken tusks.
Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest freestanding peak in Africa, it has five separate climatic zones. Jean Du Plessis is making his first climb to the peak. His mission is to see whether climate change is affecting the snow on the top of the mountain.
Wildlife expert and safari guide Jean Du Plessis travels to Mahale Mountains National Park in the hopes of spending time with the wild chimpanzees that live in the forests of this remote and protected corner of Tanzania.
Florida is famous for its sandy shoresand theres plenty to go around. Florida has the most tidal shoreline of any state in the continental USA. These oceanside playgrounds are also critical habitats for threatened and endangered species.
At either edge of the province, Nova Scotia proves that any beach is built from raw forces in opposition, but also that balance between those forces is necessary if life is to thrive.
Amanda puts a radio collar on one of the first cheetah cubs born in Malawi in twenty years and the team struggles to give a 4meter python a physical. See a group of tourists deliver a rambunctious baby monkey they rescued from the pet trade.
Watch as the Lilongwe Wildlife team try to release two serval cats into the wild. One escapes and returns injured. Will their release be successful? A new baby vervet arrives in critical condition, and a giant owl flies to freedom.
Join Amanda on a white knuckle bushwhacking adventure to rescue a waterbuck caught by a poachers snare. Meanwhile, the centers resident hyena is treated for flea bitten ears and Alma gets a mysterious late night monkey delivery.
See Amanda and Sophie push boundaries to get a vervet monkey with a broken leg back into the wild, the team is challenged when collaring a fourton elephant. Alma receives an orphaned, catlike genet and an antisocial baboon rejoins a troop.
Join the rescue as Amanda and Mandy try every trick in the book to help a snared hyena, a lion threatens a village, and the teams plan to release a troop of 13 monkeys is thwarted by last minute surgery and some crafty escape artists.
In Southern Africa, Spring starts in early September and the natural world stirs into life. Days begin to lengthen, temperatures rise, and animals and plants combine in an orchestrated effort to reproduce, give birth and raise their young.
Summer in Africa is a season of extremes, it separates the weak from the strong. It tests the survival instincts of cheetahs, lions, geckos, turtles and many more species as they search for food and water in the extreme heat of summer.
Travel to Samburu, where matriarch Anastasia turns her elephant herd north after a local river dries up. Then, in Naboisho, see cheetah mom Kuleta evade a crafty pack of hyenas. Later, in Laikipia, check in on wild dog Phoenix and her new litter.
Discover the clever way elephants dig wells, and see the relief that comes with a sudden riverfilling downpour. Mourn cheetah Kuletas loss after lions kill one of her cubs, and get a frontrow seat when wild dog Phoenix faces off with a hyena mob.
Trail Anastasia as her herd splits to protect two precious elephant calves, while Kuleta retakes territory for her remaining cheetah cubs. Join wild dog Phoenixs search for a new mate as the skies open up and rain begins to heal the parched land.
Trail Anastasia as her herd splits to protect two precious elephant calves, while Kuleta retakes territory for her remaining cheetah cubs. Join wild dog Phoenixs search for a new mate as the skies open up and rain begins to heal the parched land.
Look behind the scenes and meet the innovative teams working to preserve and protect Kenyas wildlife. Check out Save the Elephants radiotrackingcollar system, a drone that monitors wild dog packs, and a local team of Maasai cheetah trackers.
In Southern Africa, Spring starts in early September and the natural world stirs into life. Days begin to lengthen, temperatures rise, and animals and plants combine in an orchestrated effort to reproduce, give birth and raise their young.
Summer in Africa is a season of extremes, it separates the weak from the strong. It tests the survival instincts of cheetahs, lions, geckos, turtles and many more species as they search for food and water in the extreme heat of summer.