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  • The Secret Forest Harlequin Ducks show

    The Secret Forest Harlequin Ducks

    Harlequin ducks will endure the long winter here. Meantime, they bob around like corks in the breakers and dive beneath the...

    (03:06)
  • The Secret Forest Blakiston’s Fishing Owls show

    The Secret Forest Blakiston’s Fishing Owls

    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)
  • Siberia Reindeer show

    Siberia Reindeer

    Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.

    (02:57)
  • Kamchatka Salmon Season show

    Kamchatka Salmon Season

    As day breaks, everything seems normal. But the bears wake to good news. Salmon numbers in the lake have reached a critical...

    (02:37)
  • Kamchatka Bears show

    Kamchatka Bears

    Hungry bears seek the nectar rich flowers. They must eat hundreds to get the equivalent calories of a big salmon. Bears have...

    (03:04)
  • The Great Divide Highland European Bison show

    The Great Divide Highland European Bison

    Up above the tree line in the foothills of the Kavkazsky Nature Reserve a rare goliath lumbers across the grassy slopes. A...

    (03:00)
  • The Great Divide Brown Bears show

    The Great Divide Brown Bears

    Different kinds of brown bears share the ample land here. But populations are threatened. Hunters and loggers come too. Now,...

    (03:02)
  • The Great Divide Caucasian Chamois show

    The Great Divide Caucasian Chamois

    Green hills and alpine meadows, arid salt flats, miniature sand dunes give way to ferocious mountains. The landscapes of the...

    (02:58)
  • The Arctic Premiere show

    The Arctic Premiere

    In the North lies the Arctic. A place of extreme hardship, demanding finely-honed survival skills. Where life is precarious...

    (01:07)
  • The Arctic Fox Kits show

    The Arctic Fox Kits

    In the mountain regions, Arctic foxes aren’t so lucky. Where normally a half a dozen cubs would frolic, only two undersized...

    (02:51)
  • The Arctic Fox show

    The Arctic Fox

    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 Wrangel Island show

    The Arctic Wrangel Island

    While young harp seals take to the sea, their nemesis roams the ice. Polar bears spend most of their lives on the frozen pack...

    (03:20)
  • The Amur Leopard show

    The Amur Leopard

    Few people have ever seen one – or ever will. The Amur leopard. About 30 remain in the wild, making it the most critically...

    (00:52)
  • The Secret Forest Amur Tigers show

    The Secret Forest Amur Tigers

    Among the most critically endangered animals in the world - It’s thought about four hundred Amur Tigers remain in the wild....

    (03:10)
  • Siberia Ants show

    Siberia Ants

    Worldwide, ants are so numerous their total weight is almost as much as the human population. A force to reckon with. Workers...

    (02:59)
  • Kamchatka Landslide show

    Kamchatka Landslide

    In June 2007 a massive landslide engulfed the pristine landscape. Four and a half million cubic metres of rock, gravel, snow...

    (02:51)
  • The Great Divide Spur-Thighed Tortoises show

    The Great Divide Spur-Thighed Tortoises

    In green hills, local herders graze sheep and goats. The powerful sun brings out plants even in this dry zone.

    (02:48)
  • The Arctic Polar Bears show

    The Arctic Polar Bears

    Polar bears spend much of the year out on the solid ice, but when the white land cracks, it’s time to move on. Their latin...

    (03:02)
  • The Secret Forest Chinese Turtles show

    The Secret Forest Chinese Turtles

    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)
  • Siberia Musk Deer show

    Siberia Musk Deer

    With a face like a kangaroo and a vampire’s teeth, the musk deer makes his timid way through the woods in search of lichens....

    (03:01)