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

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....

It’s now time to be social. Males seek out one or more females to mate with. These two have already bonded.

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

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

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

Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...

Through April and May males build up their stamina for the mating season. Courtship happens in stages. First, pursuit. And...

In the far South West lies the Caucasus. A compact region filled with a bounty of wildlife. The great divide between Europe...

Twitching grasses spell trouble. Time for birds to hold on as best they can. And for those that can, to hide. In Summer,...

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

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

Every May one hundred and fifty thousand pairs of snow geese fly in from their North American winter quarters. It’s their...

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

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...