Nature Time

Sometimes water and sometimes land, the African intertidal zone is home to a unique universe of plants and creatures. How do they adapt to such sudden changes?

On Africa's east coast, the warm Agulhas has a distinctive landscape, made up of everything from mangroves swamps to colourful coral reefs.

They liked what they saw - and in 1959, established the Bahamas National Trust. It created the Bahamas' first Ocean Park - The Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park.

Invasive species are closely examined, including starlings who were introduced to New York City's Central Park in 1890, to demonstrate the impact that these birds and other invasive species have had on North American habitats.

Meerkats may be small and vulnerable, but what they lack in size, they make up for in tenacity. Together, they're a true force to be reckoned with.

Stories of life and death have been a fixture of the African savannah for millions of years, from the plants at the bottom of the food chain to apex predators.

From dry deserts to the moist savannahs, springbok and impala have established themselves as key species on the African continent.

The colossal Outeniqua Yellowwood can live over 1,000 years. All the while, it hosts, feeds and shelters masses of plants and animals in the bows of their branches.

Namaqua rock fig trees are the ultimate survivors. As every year gets hotter and drier, this hardy tree stands tall on the slopes of South Africa's hills.

Baobab trees have been around for 800 years. This incredible tree withstands the harshest conditions, and is beloved by animals, birds and insects.

A speck of an island in the Indian Ocean is a tiny refuge to plants and creatures found nowhere else in the world. Birds rule its skies, whale sharks patrol its seas, and an endemic land crab undertakes a treacherous migration to breed.

Built on shifting sands that support an unlikely haven for plants and wildlife, this perpetually evolving island mosaic of curious habitats has earned World Heritage Status for its remarkable geological history.

Travel through time and space to see what one whole year - and four seasons - looks like for the wildest animals of Canada's east coast.

In Hampton, New Brunswick, the deer population is running wild. Sightings have reached an all-time high and residents fear the overpopulation may be at its tipping point.

Endure predators, the elements, and harsh terrain with Africa's wildlife icons.

A small lion cub is driven away from his pride because he is the runt of the litter, so he makes his way alone throughout the wild lands of Zambia, where he is forced to overcome a series of dangerous hardships without his family.

Adolescence isnt easy for lions. Learning how to hunt and establishing ones place amongst the pride are just two of the challenges young felines have to face. And when an encounter with water buffalo turns deadly, the entire pride is aff...

In clans of spotted hyenas, larger females call the shots while smaller males live peripheral lives. Meet a family suffering through drought, a mother struggling to provide for her cubs, and an orphan at the bottom of the social pile.

Find out how science is ensuring a sustainable future for this vital ecosystem.

Meet the islands unique species and see Darwins theory of evolution in action.

Explore the Galapagos, where volcanoes, currents and isolation shape unique wildlife. Dive through mangrove forests, meet bold boobies and flightless cormorants, and see evolution in action.

These animals of the savanna, finding water means the difference between life and death in good years and bad - and after a long, punishing dry season the scorched earth is in dire need of moisture.

Meerkats may be small and vulnerable, but what they lack in size, they make up for in tenacity. Together, they're a true force to be reckoned with.

Stories of life and death have been a fixture of the African savannah for millions of years, from the plants at the bottom of the food chain to apex predators.

From dry deserts to the moist savannahs, springbok and impala have established themselves as key species on the African continent.

The colossal Outeniqua Yellowwood can live over 1,000 years. All the while, it hosts, feeds and shelters masses of plants and animals in the bows of their branches.

Namaqua rock fig trees are the ultimate survivors. As every year gets hotter and drier, this hardy tree stands tall on the slopes of South Africa's hills.

Baobab trees have been around for 800 years. This incredible tree withstands the harshest conditions, and is beloved by animals, birds and insects.

A speck of an island in the Indian Ocean is a tiny refuge to plants and creatures found nowhere else in the world. Birds rule its skies, whale sharks patrol its seas, and an endemic land crab undertakes a treacherous migration to breed.

Built on shifting sands that support an unlikely haven for plants and wildlife, this perpetually evolving island mosaic of curious habitats has earned World Heritage Status for its remarkable geological history.

Sidle up to a desert wadi, where water gives life and predators wait to take it.

In Hampton, New Brunswick, the deer population is running wild. Sightings have reached an all-time high and residents fear the overpopulation may be at its tipping point.

Endure predators, the elements, and harsh terrain with Africa's wildlife icons.

A small lion cub is driven away from his pride because he is the runt of the litter, so he makes his way alone throughout the wild lands of Zambia, where he is forced to overcome a series of dangerous hardships without his family.

Adolescence isn't easy for lions. Learning how to hunt and establishing one's place amongst the pride are just two of the challenges young felines have to face. And when an encounter with water buffalo turns deadly, the entire pride is a...

In clans of spotted hyenas, larger females call the shots while smaller males live peripheral lives. Meet a family suffering through drought, a mother struggling to provide for her cubs, and an orphan at the bottom of the social pile.

Find out how science is ensuring a sustainable future for this vital ecosystem.

Meet the islands' unique species and see Darwin's theory of evolution in action.

Explore the Galapagos, where volcanoes, currents and isolation shape unique wildlife. Dive through mangrove forests, meet bold boobies and flightless cormorants, and see evolution in action.

These animals of the savanna, finding water means the difference between life and death in good years and bad - and after a long, punishing dry season the scorched earth is in dire need of moisture.

In the surrounding waters of Brier Island live an incredible number of humpback whales and dolphins. It's an incredible sight.

Africas top predators have evolved formidable means of surviving and thriving.

This is the story of how the animals of Zambia's Luangwa Valley all strive to achieve one goal - to pass on their genes to the next generation.

Food, the most immediate need for any animal, is the fuel that gives an animal strength to fight, or to flee. Every animal in the Luangwa valley has a strategy, an edge to help them survive.

The Luangwa Valley is a complex ecosystem, engineered by the animals that live within it and it's thanks to them that the Luangwa hosts the rich and vibrant diversity of life we see today.

Examine an arsenal of lethal weapons, from toxic fangs to a unique cheetah claw.

Some animals can overpower their prey with a superpower in a surprise attack.

Join hippos as they wallow in the depths of Zambia's Luangwa River. Far from the river ruled by aggressive males, this lagoon is their sanctuary. But for how long?

The Luangwa River's two-mile meander is a busy spot. It's home to hippos, is a crucial crossing for elephants and a place for buffalo to quench their thirst.

Life and death unfold on the Luangwa Valley's busy grasslands, a home to warthogs, troops of baboons and a solitary leopard.

Endure predators, the elements, and harsh terrain with Africa's wildlife icons.

A small lion cub is driven away from his pride because he is the runt of the litter, so he makes his way alone throughout the wild lands of Zambia, where he is forced to overcome a series of dangerous hardships without his family.

Adolescence isnt easy for lions. Learning how to hunt and establishing ones place amongst the pride are just two of the challenges young felines have to face. And when an encounter with water buffalo turns deadly, the entire pride is aff...

Examine an arsenal of lethal weapons, from toxic fangs to a unique cheetah claw.

Some animals can overpower their prey with a superpower in a surprise attack.

Join hippos as they wallow in the depths of Zambia's Luangwa River. Far from the river ruled by aggressive males, this lagoon is their sanctuary. But for how long?

The Luangwa River's two-mile meander is a busy spot. It's home to hippos, is a crucial crossing for elephants and a place for buffalo to quench their thirst.

Life and death unfold on the Luangwa Valley's busy grasslands, a home to warthogs, troops of baboons and a solitary leopard.

Endure predators, the elements, and harsh terrain with Africa's wildlife icons.

The Mekong Delta is one of the largest on Earth. Formed over the last 8000 years, it fans out and discharges into the South China Sea via nine channels.

As one vet gives a koala mouth-to-mouth, another performs microsurgery on a fruit bat. A bath-averse python faces its fears and an owl gets rescued.

Watch senior vet Tim tutor new recruit Phil through an injured koala checkup, and track the teams solutions for animals plagued by the summer heat. Celebrate as vet Karina solves a puzzling frog case and releases an old friend whos ready...

As vet Phil handles some prickly patients, rescuer Chantel extracts a sooty possum duo from a chimney and vet Meaghan unhooks the catch of the day.

Face lions on the savannah, hippos in the Nile, and lethal black mamba snakes.

Track hungry dingoes, toxic box jellyfish, and brutishly strong kangaroos.

At the southern edge of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland on Earth, there's a place like no other, and a wildlife so diverse scientists scramble to understand it.

In the heart of the Pantanal wetlands lies a region so remote that it is almost entirely unvisited. 300 pig-like peccaries call this unique place their home.

Witness the deadly hunting techniques of natures specialised killing machines.

Deep in the South Caribbean Sea we explore the protected waters of the Bonaire National Marine Park; home to thriving reefs, endangered sea turtles, sprawling mangroves and a plethora of marine life.

Examininng the importance of three marine habitat types in the Florida Keys including the animals within them and conservationists' efforts to protect them.

On the West Coast of the United States, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the largest marine sanctuary in the country - home to 525 species of fish, and a massive, underwater Kelp forest.

Over millennia, the Arctic's inhabitants have evolved to survive in a challenging but stable and predictable world. Now, they must rapidly adapt to a new and constantly changing environment.

Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world. It's so remote and forbidding that when scientists wanted to simulate living conditions on Mars, they chose Devon.

The Western Arctic's mammoth Mackenzie Delta is the second largest in North America after the Mississippi. It is a biological transition zone - from the boreal forest to the ever frozen tundra.

Take a closer look at the rivalries that shape animal life in the Serengeti.

The episode explores what is at stake for animals that have no permanent home, relying entirely on the ground they stand on for survival.

The Mekong Delta is one of the largest on Earth. Formed over the last 8000 years, it fans out and discharges into the South China Sea via nine channels.

As one vet gives a koala mouth-to-mouth, another performs microsurgery on a fruit bat. A bath-averse python faces its fears and an owl gets rescued.

Watch senior vet Tim tutor new recruit Phil through an injured koala checkup, and track the teams solutions for animals plagued by the summer heat. Celebrate as vet Karina solves a puzzling frog case and releases an old friend whos ready...

As vet Phil handles some prickly patients, rescuer Chantel extracts a sooty possum duo from a chimney and vet Meaghan unhooks the catch of the day.

Face lions on the savannah, hippos in the Nile, and lethal black mamba snakes.

Track hungry dingoes, toxic box jellyfish, and brutishly strong kangaroos.

At the southern edge of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland on Earth, there's a place like no other, and a wildlife so diverse scientists scramble to understand it.

In the heart of the Pantanal wetlands lies a region so remote that it is almost entirely unvisited. 300 pig-like peccaries call this unique place their home.

This is the story of how the animals of Zambia's Luangwa Valley all strive to achieve one goal - to pass on their genes to the next generation.

Keen eyesight, razor-sharp talons, and other adaptations help raptors like the peregrine falcon and bald eagle hunt. See the world through their remarkable eyes.

Deep in the South Caribbean Sea we explore the protected waters of the Bonaire National Marine Park; home to thriving reefs, endangered sea turtles, sprawling mangroves and a plethora of marine life.

Examininng the importance of three marine habitat types in the Florida Keys including the animals within them and conservationists' efforts to protect them.

On the West Coast of the United States, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the largest marine sanctuary in the country - home to 525 species of fish, and a massive, underwater Kelp forest.

Over millennia, the Arctic's inhabitants have evolved to survive in a challenging but stable and predictable world. Now, they must rapidly adapt to a new and constantly changing environment.

Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world. It's so remote and forbidding that when scientists wanted to simulate living conditions on Mars, they chose Devon.

The Western Arctic's mammoth Mackenzie Delta is the second largest in North America after the Mississippi. It is a biological transition zone - from the boreal forest to the ever frozen tundra.

Take a closer look at the rivalries that shape animal life in the Serengeti.

The episode explores what is at stake for animals that have no permanent home, relying entirely on the ground they stand on for survival.

From poison to mimicry, these creatures have outsmarted their predators.

The clash between predator and prey has a new dynamic in the deep. Experience the adaptations of lethal sharks, clever cuttlefish, and hypnotic shoals of fish.

In this episode we discover how the lagoon supports a wealth of wildlife as well as attracting visitors from thousands of kilometers away - a paradise for birds.