2024-09-28
Visit Penny the pigeon and meet the human who saved her, get a buzz from a refugee who found comfort in beekeeping, and see celebrity groundhogs. Then, dive with a shark dancer and feel touched by the deep, lifelong commitment Riana has to Faith the cheetah. (Repeat).
At the planet's frozen extremes, animals can reveal the changes taking place. Examine polar bears in the Arctic, penguins in Antarctica and other animals wandering on icy islands. (Repeat).
In autumn, change sweeps across America. As the trees greet the chill with a blaze of colour, it's make or break time for animals. Time to pull up stakes, make last-minute preparations, and often find a mate before the cold sets in. (Repeat).
Hope visits San Diego to see how they handle large caseloads and dangerous animals. (Repeat).
Baby primates, including lemurs, squirrel monkeys, snow monkeys and orangutans, are featured. (Repeat).
The first sense to evolve in the first animals was chemoreception. It means being able to detect chemicals in the animal's environment. This helps animals find prey and mates, and to sense predators from a distance. (Repeat).
A visit to Fundy National Park on the coast of the Bay of Fundy in southern New Brunswick. (Repeat).
Tucked into the Newfoundland coast is Terra Nova National Park, a beautiful enigma with a rugged boreal forest. (Repeat).
Exploring the rough beauty of the Yukon river, which is known to be one of the wildest in the world. (Repeat).
Featuring stories of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. (Repeat).
The sense of touch is useful to feel physical forces such as bites, changes in temperature and texture. Some animals have become extra sensitive to feel very faint vibrations, which give them a lot of information about their environment. (Repeat).
Different types of eyes give animals different types of vision, and in some cases, they can be extraordinary. (Repeat).
Winter is the ultimate challenge. As temperatures plunge across much of America, some animals escape to milder climes of the South, while others stay put and tough out the brutal cold and blizzards that blanket the North. (Repeat).
Featuring stories of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. (Repeat).
Baby animals who must struggle to survive are spotlighted. (Repeat).
Young carnivores who must learn to hunt for survival are featured. (Repeat).
A look at an animal hospital that cares for endangered creatures in the Guatemalan jungle. Included: stitching up a rare baby bird. (Repeat).
Being big can have its advantages, but it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the worlds largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, whose huge appetite means it must take on prey ten times its weight, or the tallest of them all, the giraffe, who with such a long neck must control immense blood pressure. Nature's biggest beasts must go to extraordinary lengths to thrive. For them, size does matter. (
Discover the boundless abilities of these cheeky rodents. Take on a one-of-a-kind assault course, discover how a fox squirrel can recall where it concealed up to 9,000 nuts, and watch rescued red squirrel orphan Billy prepare for life in the wild. (Repeat).
Earth's fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, reaches mind-bending speeds of over 240 mph. City falcons in Chicago are featured; handler Lloyd Buck tests a feathered family; and it is revealed if Rudi the peregrine can outpace an Olympic skier. (Repeat).
Filmmaker Kim Wolhuter treks alongside a cheetah mother for two years. See what it takes to turn her tiny cubs into skilled predators as narrator Sir David Attenborough reveals insights into the intimate details of feline family life. (Repeat).
Our sci-fi fan self will jump out of his skin when he sees the strange mating rituals of the ocean's strangest creatures. We monitor bloody battles, unalteredness, and plenty of offspring, and everything else that is essential to the survival of the species. (Repeat).
Visit Penny the pigeon and meet the human who saved her, get a buzz from a refugee who found comfort in beekeeping, and see celebrity groundhogs. Then, dive with a shark dancer and feel touched by the deep, lifelong commitment Riana has to Faith the cheetah. (Repeat).
At the planet's frozen extremes, animals can reveal the changes taking place. Examine polar bears in the Arctic, penguins in Antarctica and other animals wandering on icy islands. (Repeat).
Conservationist Giles Clark embarks on his biggest mission to date - taking on the illegal wildlife trade and helping to build a new bear sanctuary in Laos, south-east Asia. Giles has been asked by good friend Matt Hunt, CEO ofee the Bears, to help for 12 months and is not long into his role when he has to step in to help Mary, a five-month-old sun bear. Mary was rescued after her mother was kille
The Okavango Delta supports a rich variety of life, yet this wetland of islands and lagoons lies in the middle of the vast, featureless Kalahari Desert. (Repeat).
Steer clear of the alphas, whose horns, claws, and other protective gear keep them ready for battle, no matter what the weather dishes out. Examine killer Highland cow horns, plucky mallard bills, razor-edged wolverine claws, and more. (Repeat).
Check out some fancy footwork and killer alpha moves, catch a male brown hare throwing punches at his beloved, admire a sandhill crane dance battle, watch ibexes butt heads (literally) during mating season, and see why leopards are stealth masters. (Repeat).
Conservationist Giles Clark embarks on his biggest mission to date - taking on the illegal wildlife trade and helping to build a new bear sanctuary in Laos, south-east Asia. Giles has been asked by good friend Matt Hunt, CEO ofee the Bears, to help for 12 months and is not long into his role when he has to step in to help Mary, a five-month-old sun bear. Mary was rescued after her mother was kille