BBC Earth

The story of how plant life turned Earth from a barren rock into a vibrant green world; a four-billion year saga of highs and lows that almost wiped out all life on the planet.

Meet the people that made filming Kingdom possible and uncover the extraordinary acts of conservationists and anti-poaching teams protecting South Luangwa and all its inhabitants.

Coral Reefs are vibrant undersea cities where life has found ways to survive.

Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system where the mysteries of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune remain in the shadows.

In northern Queensland, nature nerd Ann Jones comes face to face with one of Australia's mightiest predators, the bull shark; she discovers there's much more to them than meets the eye.

Coral Reefs are vibrant undersea cities where life has found ways to survive.

Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system where the mysteries of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune remain in the shadows.

The team explores an area where no human has ever set foot, dropping nearly 400 meters into the deepest canyon in Oman in Southern Arabia.

Coral Reefs are vibrant undersea cities where life has found ways to survive.

Professor Brian Cox journeys to the remotest part of the solar system where the mysteries of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune remain in the shadows.

The team explores an area where no human has ever set foot, dropping nearly 400 meters into the deepest canyon in Oman in Southern Arabia.

In 1996, NASA scientists made a shocking announcement; they claimed they had found evidence of alien life in a meteorite from Mars. This film tackles one of the biggest questions in science - whether there is, or ever was, life on Mars.

An old patient gets a second chance; a pregnant porcupine; Hope has surgery.

The view from above reveals baffling behavior from one of the ocean's fastest fish; whales with a strange, aquatic accessorizing habit; a confounding congregation of sharks down under; a perplexing collection of circles decorating the seabed.

A journey on Scotland's River Spey, traveling from its source in the Highlands, winding by boat through the mountains to where the river meets the North Sea.

Costa Rica is a world of its own; a tropical corridor squeezed between two great oceans, powered by rivers and volcanoes; its volcanoes erupt and deposit minerals into the soil, making the land fertile and creating the country's rich bio-diversity.

Strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Columbia; a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast; a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest; an unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.

A journey on Scotland's River Spey, traveling from its source in the Highlands, winding by boat through the mountains to where the river meets the North Sea.

Recently released ravens are attacked; tiny orphans struggle; six stinky skunks.

Sir David Attenborough and Shakira join Prince William for an exploration into how to stop damaging the world's oceans and begin to enable their revival; Prince William presents the finalists for the Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans.

Conservation advocates take risks to save wildlife by exploring remote jungles, going undercover to catch criminals and making a microlight journey to lead endangered birds to safety.

The story of how plant life turned Earth from a barren rock into a vibrant green world; a four-billion year saga of highs and lows that almost wiped out all life on the planet.

In northern Queensland, nature nerd Ann Jones comes face to face with one of Australia's mightiest predators, the bull shark; she discovers there's much more to them than meets the eye.

Steve takes a special journey to meet pangolins, the most trafficked animals on the planet, and the people who work tirelessly to save them.

Filmed over 72 days across Africa, this documentary explores the possible extinction of elephants within the next 50 years.

Levison and Alberto begin their journey on the northern shores of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

A Spinosaurus, the world's largest ever predatory dinosaur, struggles to bring up his babies and lead his young family across one of the deadliest environments on Earth.

Trek across Borneo with Levison and a team of Indigenous guides and naturalists in search of the island's orangutans; learn how these apes manage to survive as deforestation and poaching push them closer and closer to extinction.

Four rival families, leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions, all try to claim a rich corner of Zambian paradise as their home.

A Spinosaurus, the world's largest ever predatory dinosaur, struggles to bring up his babies and lead his young family across one of the deadliest environments on Earth.

Trek across Borneo with Levison and a team of Indigenous guides and naturalists in search of the island's orangutans; learn how these apes manage to survive as deforestation and poaching push them closer and closer to extinction.

Four rival families, leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions, all try to claim a rich corner of Zambian paradise as their home.

With food in abundance it's a time of plenty in the Serengeti; a series of unexpected events turns families against each other and stretches relationships to breaking point.

As the Serengeti starts to dry out, competition heats up between the families; the strong females take center stage, dealing with headstrong males and fighting for the survival of their kin.

The anticipation of the annual Great Migration is being felt by all of the Serengeti's families as they wait with great desperation for it to arrive; the land continues to get hotter and hunger starts to bite as food becomes even more scarce.

The long-awaited arrival of the Great Migration brings opportunities and food in abundance, but it also increases conflict as every one of the Serengeti's families is put to the test.

The dry season is now upon the animals of the Serengeti, turning the waterhole into a death trap for the herds, but for some this season is a gift.

Four rival families, leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions, all try to claim a rich corner of Zambian paradise as their home.

Leopard Mutima's relationship with her mother is at breaking point, and as the balance of power in Nsefu tips towards the lions, the hyenas and wild dogs fight to raise their young.

Seeking a mate, leopard Olimba begins a new chapter, but in her way is her daughter; the hyenas' strength is growing, but a flooded den spells disaster, and the clan become separated.

Injured wild dog Flint helps care for Storm's largest ever litter of pups; leopard Mutima searches for a home; the lions are challenged by forces beyond their control.

Olimba struggles with old age, and the wild dog story takes an unexpected turn; the lions and the hyenas both enjoy a baby boom - but who has the power to rule?

Meet the people that made filming Kingdom possible and uncover the extraordinary acts of conservationists and anti-poaching teams protecting South Luangwa and all its inhabitants.

Four rival families, leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions, all try to claim a rich corner of Zambian paradise as their home.

Leopard Mutima's relationship with her mother is at breaking point, and as the balance of power in Nsefu tips towards the lions, the hyenas and wild dogs fight to raise their young.

Seeking a mate, leopard Olimba begins a new chapter, but in her way is her daughter; the hyenas' strength is growing, but a flooded den spells disaster, and the clan become separated.

Injured wild dog Flint helps care for Storm's largest ever litter of pups; leopard Mutima searches for a home; the lions are challenged by forces beyond their control.

Olimba struggles with old age, and the wild dog story takes an unexpected turn; the lions and the hyenas both enjoy a baby boom - but who has the power to rule?

Meet the people that made filming Kingdom possible and uncover the extraordinary acts of conservationists and anti-poaching teams protecting South Luangwa and all its inhabitants.

In northern Queensland, nature nerd Ann Jones comes face to face with one of Australia's mightiest predators, the bull shark; she discovers there's much more to them than meets the eye.

Steve takes a special journey to meet pangolins, the most trafficked animals on the planet, and the people who work tirelessly to save them.

Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, into areas inhabited by other human species.

Levison and Alberto travel through Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Levison and Alberto visit the landscapes, colonial cities, active volcanoes and mountains of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

Levison and Alberto travel through Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Levison and Alberto visit the landscapes, colonial cities, active volcanoes and mountains of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

Alaskans stockpile necessary supplies for the coming months with winter quickly approaching.

A long-forgotten network of Native American earthworks; a baffling battlefield mystery in Belgium; a mysterious blood-red lake on a remote Greek island; an eerie pink glow emulating from the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

It's time to close another chapter in the lives of the animals of the Serengeti; first, all around is a blackened wasteland, the aftermath of the huge fire.

Alaskans stockpile necessary supplies for the coming months with winter quickly approaching.

For her pups to survive, a young meerkat queen must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms in the harsh beauty of the Madgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana.

A mother puma must battle rivals, tackle prey nearly three times her size and endure the wild mountain weather of Patagonia in her bid to raise four cubs, her biggest litter yet.

In Amboseli, Kenya, an incredibly rare drought event pushes a struggling elephant family to its limits as their only chance to save their dynasty is to work together and overcome the challenge of a lifetime.

On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.

For her pups to survive, a young meerkat queen must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms in the harsh beauty of the Madgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana.

A mother puma must battle rivals, tackle prey nearly three times her size and endure the wild mountain weather of Patagonia in her bid to raise four cubs, her biggest litter yet.

In Amboseli, Kenya, an incredibly rare drought event pushes a struggling elephant family to its limits as their only chance to save their dynasty is to work together and overcome the challenge of a lifetime.

On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.

For her pups to survive, a young meerkat queen must unite her family in the face of rivals, predators and immense dust storms in the harsh beauty of the Madgadikgadi salt pans of Botswana.

A mother puma must battle rivals, tackle prey nearly three times her size and endure the wild mountain weather of Patagonia in her bid to raise four cubs, her biggest litter yet.

In Amboseli, Kenya, an incredibly rare drought event pushes a struggling elephant family to its limits as their only chance to save their dynasty is to work together and overcome the challenge of a lifetime.

On Zambia's plains, a cheetah mother and her three growing daughters must travel thousands of kilometers every year to roam their vast territory searching for food; new challenges arise as the wet season arrives and floodwaters advance.

Levison and Alberto visit the landscapes, colonial cities, active volcanoes and mountains of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

Head out with a team of intrepid scientists on a daring expedition off Western Australia's Pilbara coast; Slither into the heart of danger with Dr. Ann, who gets too close for comfort to one of the nation's most mysterious and lethal serpents.

A race to find the planet's 60 deadliest creatures.

A fishing crew takes on an adrenaline-filled fishing trip to Norway.

Four rival families, leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions, all try to claim a rich corner of Zambian paradise as their home.

Head out with a team of intrepid scientists on a daring expedition off Western Australia's Pilbara coast; Slither into the heart of danger with Dr. Ann, who gets too close for comfort to one of the nation's most mysterious and lethal serpents.

A race to find the planet's 60 deadliest creatures.

A fishing crew takes on an adrenaline-filled fishing trip to Norway.

Dive into the historical and natural secrets of the deep; explore an uninhabited concrete island, ocean spirals off the Australian coast, underwater evidence of a violent past and tracks thousands of metres below the sea's surface.

Pressure is building with the last-minute push to prepare for winter.

Dive into the historical and natural secrets of the deep; explore an uninhabited concrete island, ocean spirals off the Australian coast, underwater evidence of a violent past and tracks thousands of metres below the sea's surface.

All animal families make the most of the good times when a new oasis brings untold riches, but they face devastation when a towering inferno takes over.

Pressure is building with the last-minute push to prepare for winter.

Satellites follow an elephant family struggling through drought; reveals previously unknown emperor penguin colonies from the color of their poo; discovers mysterious ice rings that could put seal pups in danger.

The Australian outback is covered in pale spots, the work of wombats; a clearing in the green canopy of the Congo rainforest has been created by an elephant gathering; the twists and turns of the Amazon make a home for rehabilitated manatees.

From space, satellite cameras reveal that Earth is a kaleidoscope of color; turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.

The Earth's surface is changing faster than ever in human history: cities grow, forests disappear and glaciers melt; a man feeds thousands of parakeets in a city; in Sumatra, a female orangutan and her daughter face life in a forest under threat.

Satellites follow an elephant family struggling through drought; reveals previously unknown emperor penguin colonies from the color of their poo; discovers mysterious ice rings that could put seal pups in danger.

The Australian outback is covered in pale spots, the work of wombats; a clearing in the green canopy of the Congo rainforest has been created by an elephant gathering; the twists and turns of the Amazon make a home for rehabilitated manatees.

From space, satellite cameras reveal that Earth is a kaleidoscope of color; turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.

The Earth's surface is changing faster than ever in human history: cities grow, forests disappear and glaciers melt; a man feeds thousands of parakeets in a city; in Sumatra, a female orangutan and her daughter face life in a forest under threat.

Satellites follow an elephant family struggling through drought; reveals previously unknown emperor penguin colonies from the color of their poo; discovers mysterious ice rings that could put seal pups in danger.

The Australian outback is covered in pale spots, the work of wombats; a clearing in the green canopy of the Congo rainforest has been created by an elephant gathering; the twists and turns of the Amazon make a home for rehabilitated manatees.

From space, satellite cameras reveal that Earth is a kaleidoscope of color; turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.

The Earth's surface is changing faster than ever in human history: cities grow, forests disappear and glaciers melt; a man feeds thousands of parakeets in a city; in Sumatra, a female orangutan and her daughter face life in a forest under threat.

Following early Homo sapiens's ancestors as they step out of Africa and venture into the wider world, into areas inhabited by other human species.

Trek across Borneo with Levison and a team of Indigenous guides and naturalists in search of the island's orangutans; learn how these apes manage to survive as deforestation and poaching push them closer and closer to extinction.

Sir David Attenborough and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous rights spokesperson, join Prince William to explore the story of humanity's wastefulness and how to move to a waste-free world.

The team travels to every corner of the planet over the course of five years.

When Earth first formed from clouds of dust and gas 4.6 billion years ago, it was devoid of an atmosphere, an inhospitable rock floating in the black void of space.

Sir David Attenborough and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an indigenous rights spokesperson, join Prince William to explore the story of humanity's wastefulness and how to move to a waste-free world.

The team travels to every corner of the planet over the course of five years.

When Earth first formed from clouds of dust and gas 4.6 billion years ago, it was devoid of an atmosphere, an inhospitable rock floating in the black void of space.

As the Alaskan winter approaches, time is limited to hunt enough caribou to last the harsh winter ahead.

Traipsing along ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island; finding gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe; ascending a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.

A great fire leaves homes destroyed and families separated; the animal characters must find new ways to survive in an unrecognizable and inhospitable landscape.

As the Alaskan winter approaches, time is limited to hunt enough caribou to last the harsh winter ahead.

An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly Tyrannosaurus rex.

A Spinosaurus, the world's largest ever predatory dinosaur, struggles to bring up his babies and lead his young family across one of the deadliest environments on Earth.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

A young Albertosaurus, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, must earn her place in a deadly hunting pack or face starvation.

The dangerous journey of the Pachyrhinosaurus, where survival is at stake during the annual migration hundreds of miles north.

The story of Lusotitan, a colossal, long-necked dinosaur, and its quest for love.

An orphaned baby Triceratops must outwit a deadly Tyrannosaurus rex.

A Spinosaurus, the world's largest ever predatory dinosaur, struggles to bring up his babies and lead his young family across one of the deadliest environments on Earth.

Pursued by a group of Utahraptors, a gang of armored dinosaurs battles to reach adulthood.

A young Albertosaurus, a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex, must earn her place in a deadly hunting pack or face starvation.

The dangerous journey of the Pachyrhinosaurus, where survival is at stake during the annual migration hundreds of miles north.

The story of Lusotitan, a colossal, long-necked dinosaur, and its quest for love.

The team travels to every corner of the planet over the course of five years.

When Earth first formed from clouds of dust and gas 4.6 billion years ago, it was devoid of an atmosphere, an inhospitable rock floating in the black void of space.

A new generation of survivalists are put to the test in the frozen Arctic.

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it becomes the last human species on Earth.

Trek across Borneo with Levison and a team of Indigenous guides and naturalists in search of the island's orangutans; learn how these apes manage to survive as deforestation and poaching push them closer and closer to extinction.

A new generation of survivalists are put to the test in the frozen Arctic.

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it becomes the last human species on Earth.

A fishing crew takes on an adrenaline-filled fishing trip to Norway.

Alaskans enter a new dawn in the Arctic winter.

Exploring some of the most cavernous places on the planet, including an expansive Siberian crater with no explainable origin, Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert, and a voluminous void in Antarctica.

The drama now centers around the river where enchanting new characters, including an adorable baby hippo, meet old favorites; bonds of kinship are tested as adventures continue.

Alaskans enter a new dawn in the Arctic winter.

A look at Isaac Newton;a visit to CERN.

Professor Brian Cox grapples with science's darker side, asking why it often gets such a bad press; Brian wonders if science can go too far.

Professor Brian Cox ends his homage to science by revealing what science is and how it is always linked to the past.

In 1989, a ferocious explosion on the sun's surface released a cloud of highly charged particles containing the energy of 20 million nuclear bombs, and this solar superstorm then hit Earth; in Quebec, Canada, the lights suddenly went out.

The space telescope Hipparcos led to a discovery that sent shockwaves throughout the astronomical community: a star appearing to be older than the universe itself.

A look at Isaac Newton;a visit to CERN.

Professor Brian Cox grapples with science's darker side, asking why it often gets such a bad press; Brian wonders if science can go too far.

Professor Brian Cox ends his homage to science by revealing what science is and how it is always linked to the past.

In 1989, a ferocious explosion on the sun's surface released a cloud of highly charged particles containing the energy of 20 million nuclear bombs, and this solar superstorm then hit Earth; in Quebec, Canada, the lights suddenly went out.

The space telescope Hipparcos led to a discovery that sent shockwaves throughout the astronomical community: a star appearing to be older than the universe itself.

A new generation of survivalists are put to the test in the frozen Arctic.

Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it becomes the last human species on Earth.

Exploring powerful lightning, mountains with strange, metallic frosts and monsoon rains on a moon that is a billion miles away from Earth.

Challenging the concept of reality with new data from a supermassive black hole.

On 2nd August 1932, American physicist Dr Carl Anderson captured the first ever image of antimatter. Antimatter has only ever been glimpsed in fleeting moments because as soon as it comes into contact with matter, both annihilate.

Exploring powerful lightning, mountains with strange, metallic frosts and monsoon rains on a moon that is a billion miles away from Earth.

Challenging the concept of reality with new data from a supermassive black hole.