2024-10-05
At the waters edge a brave group of male penguins gather, preparing to make the dangerous journey ashore. With many threats ahead, there is safety in number and these petite penguins have important business to attend. Its time to breed and they must find a burrow before the females arrive.
New Zealands West Coast is like nowhere else on Earth. From glaciercovered mountains to raindrenched native forests to rough frigid seas, the landscape defies belief. Isolated from the rest of the world, this strip of almost untouched wilderness hides a host of endemic animals. Evolutionary castaways, every one of them is a rare ecological jewel. From alpine parrots and shy penguins to mammallike
In New Zealand, two wild fortresses protect the vulnerable native animals One a remote island protected by a moat of saltwater, the other a hilltop citadel surrounded by a predatorproof barrier. This is the story of these delicate sanctuaries and the life that thrives within them.
Spring on New Zealands east coast is a time of promise for the New Zealand Fur Seal and the Norther Royal Albatross. Theyve returned to their land to breed. But harsh terrain, fickle weather and hungry predators will conspire to make lives difficult for them. Only the strongest will survive to carry forward their legacy.
New Zealands isolated islands are famed as an unusual paradise, home to a variety of unique wildlife. Best known for its flightless birds, ancient reptiles and coastal mammals, a closer look reveals another world. A land of miniature monsters, Lilliputian predators and tiny terrors that lead remarkable lives, where every hunter is also the hunted and survival is always a giant struggle. Journey in
Its a critical time for two black rhinos in Zambia. Four year old female Apson and fourteen year old bull Kango are at the core of a complex relocation mission thats part of a grand plan to save a species.
Deep in Kafue National Park, the largest and wildest protected area in Zambia, a team of biologists and vets from the Zambian Carnivore Programme ZCP races against time to save and protect Africas apex predators.
Explore the shores of the Northern Territory and the abundant waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Face flooded roads, hungry saltwater crocs, and killer jellyfish as Lizzie investigates why so many strange, deadly creatures make this remote area home.
Say goodbye to the tropics and dip into cool southerncoast waters. Come face to face with majestic grey nurse sharks, shapeshifting cuttlefish, and huge blue whales play with penguins and sea lions and learn why these seas are brimming with life.
Complete the trips final lap in the untamed lands where Australias interior desert meets the hot, hostile Indian Ocean. Confront the challenges of survival in this region as Lizzie dives with tiger sharks, manta rays, and nomadic turtles.
Complete the trips final lap in the untamed lands where Australias interior desert meets the hot, hostile Indian Ocean. Confront the challenges of survival in this region as Lizzie dives with tiger sharks, manta rays, and nomadic turtles.
Low tide exposes a band of shore called the intertidal zone. Its a place of stunning extremes, attacked by hurricane force waves and exposed to baking heat. Creatures here have evolved in countless bizarre ways. Scientists explore this alien realm.
Its a critical time for two black rhinos in Zambia. Four year old female Apson and fourteen year old bull Kango are at the core of a complex relocation mission thats part of a grand plan to save a species.
Deep in Kafue National Park, the largest and wildest protected area in Zambia, a team of biologists and vets from the Zambian Carnivore Programme ZCP races against time to save and protect Africas apex predators.
Explore the shores of the Northern Territory and the abundant waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Face flooded roads, hungry saltwater crocs, and killer jellyfish as Lizzie investigates why so many strange, deadly creatures make this remote area home.
Say goodbye to the tropics and dip into cool southerncoast waters. Come face to face with majestic grey nurse sharks, shapeshifting cuttlefish, and huge blue whales play with penguins and sea lions and learn why these seas are brimming with life.
Complete the trips final lap in the untamed lands where Australias interior desert meets the hot, hostile Indian Ocean. Confront the challenges of survival in this region as Lizzie dives with tiger sharks, manta rays, and nomadic turtles.
Complete the trips final lap in the untamed lands where Australias interior desert meets the hot, hostile Indian Ocean. Confront the challenges of survival in this region as Lizzie dives with tiger sharks, manta rays, and nomadic turtles.
Low tide exposes a band of shore called the intertidal zone. Its a place of stunning extremes, attacked by hurricane force waves and exposed to baking heat. Creatures here have evolved in countless bizarre ways. Scientists explore this alien realm.
The African intertidal zone is home to a unique universe of plants and creatures. Here, life has adapted to survive in a challenging marine environment some species are able to live on exposed rocks, while others prefer the shelter of rock pools.
On Africas east coast, the warm Agulhas run south with a distinctive subtropical landscape. Made up of everything from mangrove swamps to colorful coral reefs, the area has marine turtles who breed on long and warm sandy beaches and a recently found population of living fossils, the Coelacanth, which dwell in deep, submarine canyons.
Not all baby animals are cute. Often, quirky physical traits are evolutionary adaptations that have helped a species survive. Visit four funnylooking youngsters, including a Baird tapir, two baby gelada baboons, an anteater and a Bactrian camel.
We follow the South African mangrove forest and its residents through the change from high tide to low and back to high, meeting the redclaw mangrove crabs that keep the forest clean, helping it provide food and shelter for a variety of species.
Take a look at one of Africas most abundant and diverse wildlife areas, the Okavango Delta. Investigate the way the delta functions and learn about the variety of interesting species that live in the area.
An unusual colony of African penguins have learned to live with their human neighbours on the southwestern tip of Africa, but their tenacity is tested by golf courses, highways, pets, and a sea of curious humans who view them as a tourist attraction.
Life in the savannas of Africa is ruled by water. And throughout the long dry season, lifegiving rivers run dry and harsh drought conditions prevail, making waterholes crowded.
Nestled on the western coast of South Africa lies an extraordinary cove that is host to an abundance of marine and bird life. It provides ample food and spurs a life cycle that reaches well beyond Africa. This is the Blue Lagoon.
A mighty river snakes through wilderness in southern Africa. Its vast flood plains are a magnet for animals that, during the dry season, travel great distances to reach this oasis. But every animal has its place along the banks of the mighty Chobe.
Follow a rivers epic quest to find the ocean, carrying water that has floated high over the mountains, quenched giant thirsts, and cut through rock, only to spill its nutrients into the warm and vibrant Indian Ocean and continue its endless cycle.