Blakiston’s fishing owls. By day, they enjoy the view, and wait for cover of night. Their fluffy chick secures itself in a...
(03:16)Up above the tree line in the foothills of the Kavkazsky Nature Reserve a rare goliath lumbers across the grassy slopes. A...
(03:00)Green hills and alpine meadows, arid salt flats, miniature sand dunes give way to ferocious mountains. The landscapes of the...
(02:58)Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.
(02:57)On Russia’s far Eastern edge is the stark peninsula of Kamchatka. In this surprising place heaven and hell collide. Life and...
(01:07)Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...
(03:09)Through April and May males build up their stamina for the mating season. Courtship happens in stages. First, pursuit. And...
(00:35)Twitching grasses spell trouble. Time for birds to hold on as best they can. And for those that can, to hide. In Summer,...
(03:05)Harlequin ducks will endure the long winter here. Meantime, they bob around like corks in the breakers and dive beneath the...
(03:06)After a storm, Chinese turtles move in to check it out. When the lagoon formed, it trapped thousands of small fish. Bad news...
(02:55)Hungry bears seek the nectar rich flowers. They must eat hundreds to get the equivalent calories of a big salmon. Bears have...
(03:04)In June 2007 a massive landslide engulfed the pristine landscape. Four and a half million cubic metres of rock, gravel, snow...
(02:51)In the far South West lies the Caucasus. A compact region filled with a bounty of wildlife. The great divide between Europe...
(01:08)Different kinds of brown bears share the ample land here. But populations are threatened. Hunters and loggers come too. Now,...
(03:02)The Arctic fox can tolerate temperatures down to minus seventy degrees Celsius by shunting blood flow away from its legs to...
(03:51)The Arctic ice blankets an area twice the size of Australia. Animals have adapted to live above and below its fickle surface....
(03:02)As Ravens greet the morning, warmly insulated Eurasian wolves shrug off the cold. These social animals live and hunt in packs,...
(03:11)As day breaks, everything seems normal. But the bears wake to good news. Salmon numbers in the lake have reached a critical...
(02:37)In green hills, local herders graze sheep and goats. The powerful sun brings out plants even in this dry zone.
(02:48)Every May one hundred and fifty thousand pairs of snow geese fly in from their North American winter quarters. It’s their...
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