BBC Earth

Weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, shapes the lives of animals across the globe, rising to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.

Whether a tree's lifespan is a hundred or a thousand years, eventually it reaches the end of its story and dies. But for trees, the end of one life can mean the beginning of another.

Ben meets a family at the start of their new life, undertaking an ambitious renovation of a dilapidated farmhouse in a Bulgarian village, discovering how crucial this fresh start is for them.

Song Ji-hyo continues on the greatest challenge of her life: free diving with the legendary Haenyeo female underwater sea fishers.

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt tackles Kenya's unyielding terrain with Bear Grylls. Dropped into the elements from a helicopter, Joseph and Bear navigate a perilous rappel and milk a camel.

Whether a tree's lifespan is a hundred or a thousand years, eventually it reaches the end of its story and dies. But for trees, the end of one life can mean the beginning of another.

Griff Rhys Jones journey heads down New Zealand's back roads sees him travel from Auckland to the Coromandel, on to Taupo and finally Wellington.

Actress Lena Headey joins Bear on a 48-hour expedition through the steep cliffs and icy waters of Spain's Iberian Peninsula. Can she handle the punishing conditions?

Steve Backshall is in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman, in search of some of the brainiest, most intelligent hunters our planet has ever seen, as well as a shark species we have never seen before.

Steve Backshall is in the urban jungle in Chile looking for animals that thrive downtown. Chile is boarded on the west by the pacific ocean. Sea birds and sea lions thrive close to the shore.

In the final leg, Palin enters Zulia's dangerous border region, exploring struggling communities while seeking the Catatumbo lightning and witnessing resilience, culture and hardship.

Tour a building that once fuelled the Victorian era but is now a busy retail complex, then eye a Viennese gasometer that has become a shining example of communal living.

Actress Lena Headey joins Bear on a 48-hour expedition through the steep cliffs and icy waters of Spain's Iberian Peninsula. Can she handle the punishing conditions?

Steve Backshall is in the urban jungle in Chile looking for animals that thrive downtown. Chile is boarded on the west by the pacific ocean. Sea birds and sea lions thrive close to the shore.

In the final leg, Palin enters Zulia's dangerous border region, exploring struggling communities while seeking the Catatumbo lightning and witnessing resilience, culture and hardship.

Actress Lena Headey joins Bear on a 48-hour expedition through the steep cliffs and icy waters of Spain's Iberian Peninsula. Can she handle the punishing conditions?

Griff Rhys Jones journey heads down New Zealand's back roads sees him travel from Auckland to the Coromandel, on to Taupo and finally Wellington.

Whether a tree's lifespan is a hundred or a thousand years, eventually it reaches the end of its story and dies. But for trees, the end of one life can mean the beginning of another.

Steve Backshall is in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman, in search of some of the brainiest, most intelligent hunters our planet has ever seen, as well as a shark species we have never seen before.

Steve Backshall is in the urban jungle in Chile looking for animals that thrive downtown. Chile is boarded on the west by the pacific ocean. Sea birds and sea lions thrive close to the shore.

In the final leg, Palin enters Zulia's dangerous border region, exploring struggling communities while seeking the Catatumbo lightning and witnessing resilience, culture and hardship.

Griff Rhys Jones journey heads down New Zealand's back roads sees him travel from Auckland to the Coromandel, on to Taupo and finally Wellington.