Our cast of characters and their parents learn just what it takes to survive and thrive in an ever changing world. A baby elk is born and his mom must risk her own life to protect it from a hungry momma bear and her cubs; arctic fox cubs learn to be inquisitive and resource food before winter; penguin parents have to pass a gauntlet of sea lions to get through and does so by climbing on top of sea lions; a momma walrus gives her newborn baby swimming lessons.