Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.
(02:57)Different kinds of brown bears share the ample land here. But populations are threatened. Hunters and loggers come too. Now,...
(03:02)Every May one hundred and fifty thousand pairs of snow geese fly in from their North American winter quarters. It’s their...
(00:43)In the North lies the Arctic. A place of extreme hardship, demanding finely-honed survival skills. Where life is precarious...
(01:07)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)In the mountain regions, Arctic foxes aren’t so lucky. Where normally a half a dozen cubs would frolic, only two undersized...
(02:51)Attaching a crittercam to the dorsal fin of a Great White Shark is a risky endeavor.
(02:21)The wreck of a passenger freighter is discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, sunk by a Nazi U-boat in WW2.
(02:17)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)As day breaks, everything seems normal. But the bears wake to good news. Salmon numbers in the lake have reached a critical...
(02:37)Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...
(03:09)Green hills and alpine meadows, arid salt flats, miniature sand dunes give way to ferocious mountains. The landscapes of the...
(02:58)The Arctic fox can tolerate temperatures down to minus seventy degrees Celsius by shunting blood flow away from its legs to...
(03:51)Underwater scans reveal the location of Australian warship Sydney sunk by subterfuge Nazi tactics.
(02:02)Siberia. Not only a frozen wilderness, it is a region of incredible diversity. Of precarious beauty and endangered animals,...
(01:07)This desolate wilderness suits the red fox. Foxes don’t hibernate. They grow thicker seasonal fur to survive the minus...
(03:11)One of the rarest animals on the planet. Few people have ever seen one – or ever will. The Amur leopard. About 30 remain in...
(03:02)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)Hironobu Kan scans the Yonaguni monument. Using this data it's possible to drain the ocean.
(03:33)But the slippery bark of this birch proves this long horned beetle’s undoing. The mob rushes in to overpower it, dousing it...
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