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- StarsIan Reed KeslerAnimals Unleashed features the most unpredictable and hilarious animal clips from around the world. From the wild to the living room, each episode showcases animals at their most surprising, mischievous, and outrageous.55 episodes
- StarsChris PackhamChris Packham uses groundbreaking science to delve deep beneath the skin and discover the unique features that have made certain animal groups successful.12 episodes
- StarsConor O'Toole
- StarsStephen FryMark Payne-GillGavin MaxwellThis is a series about the tiny animals of the forest and jungles. Seen from their perspective, we experience a life where almost everything is a giant.
- DirectorMark BrownlowStarsStephen FryA short about what happens under and around us. A chipmunk and a small mouse go on an adventure; they grow and learn about life and its obstacles.
- StarsEric MeyersAnimal Fight Night features battles between some of the biggest, baddest and often surprising fighters in the wild. National Geographic dissects the science behind the fight tactics and weapons that human champions wouldn't and couldn't employ.31 episodes
- CreatorRick AdamsBenj ThallStarsDavid AttenboroughRick AdamsAmazing Animals explores the incredible and surprising facts of some of the worlds most amazing animals via exclusive footage and animation.40 episodes
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.*****************************************************************
- StarsJulia BradburyRichard HammondLynn RogersThe lives of various kinds of animals shown live from different locations around the world.
- StarsEric SchwartzAnimal Atlas travels the globe to meet every kind of animal imaginable, from the familiar to the astounding. We learn about the way they live, and the adaptations that allow them to survive and thrive in the wild.286 episodes *****************************************************************
- StarsPeter CoyoteKristi Curry Rogers*****************************************************************
- StarsMariette HartleyTraveling the globe to deliver young viewers fascinating stories about animals around the world.
- StarsSalvatore VecchioKirk JohnsonMichael RampinoThis original CuriosityStream 3-part documentary series features stunning animations in Ultra HD 4K quality and sheds light on the kind of life that existed in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods beginning 250 million years ago.
- StarsJohn HurtBased on the latest paleontological discoveries from all continents, veteran actor John Hurt narrates the gory, bleak stories of the brutal relationship between the ancient apex predators and their gigantic herbivorous prey.
- DirectorSean MacLeod PhillipsStarsLiev SchreiberJennifer AguilarMichael AshcraftBrings to life some of the most bizarre, ferocious and fascinating creatures to ever inhabit the ocean. Combines animation with recreations in a prehistoric adventure. A journey to the bottom of the ancient oceans dramatizes awe-inspiring creatures.
- StarsRod ArthurSuzanne McNabbNigel MarvenNigel Marven travels back in time to rescue exotic creatures on the brink of extinction. CGI is used to create animals no longer seen on earth, from woolly mammoths, and T Rex, to dinosaur-eating crocodiles.
- StarsKenneth BranaghEdward GeroThe final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.
- DirectorTim HainesJasper JamesStarsNigel MarvenNigel Marven travels back in time to observe some of the biggest and most deadly creatures to ever walk to planet, in their natural habitat
- StarsKenneth BranaghStockard ChanningLarry AgenbroadUsing the latest digital technology, the era between the dinosaurs and man is superbly recreated by the BBC and Discovery Channel in another winning production from the coalition.
- DirectorPierre de LespinoisStarsJohn GoodmanKaren ChinPhilip CurrieThe life of American dinosaurs is seen in amazing detail. The Feathered Dromeosaurs (Raptors) debut on this film along with the bizarre Therizinosaur. Each story is compelling and well-written. From a Coelophysis exploring the world around him to a teenage Tyrannosaurus learning from his mother how to hunt and even a love story between two Stegosaurus. This film also shows audiences real fossil finds and museum displays to show the researcher's work. This is educational, thrilling, and is a well-executed Discovery Channel response to BBC's ground-breaking "Walking with Dinosaurs" miniseries.
- StarsNigel MarvenChristopher CookKaren HayleyAdventurous zoologist Nigel Marven embarks on an underwater expedition through time to explore the seven deadliest seas in Earth's history, coming face to face with strange and dangerous prehistoric sea monsters.
- StarsNigel MarvenThis two-part series, a sequel to Walking with Dinosaurs featured Nigel and his "team of fellow explorers" encountering prehistoric life over a large range of time, and seeing creatures not featured in the original series.
- StarsNikolay DrozdovKenneth BranaghAvery BrooksDocumentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's comprehensive study of how a remarkable group of animals evolved - a group that includes ourselves.******************************************************************
- StarsDavid AttenboroughA nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, that looks at the evolution and habits of amphibians and reptiles.******************************************************************
- DirectorSusan FlemingStarsHugo KitchingMoose populations across many parts of North America are in steep decline and scientists believe one of the reasons is that fewer moose calves are surviving their first year. This stunningly intimate nature documentary, filmed over 13 months in the spectacular wilds of Jasper National Park, takes viewers deep inside the world of moose to experience a mother's love and a calf's first year of life up close and personal.
- DirectorTom MustillStarsDavid AttenboroughPaul ChristieMargaret DricuruEveryone loves giraffes, but what do we really know about them? Dr. Julian Fennessy has spent the last 20 years of his life studying giraffes. Now he's starting to reveal their secrets- the most important being that they are disappearing. The giraffe population in Africa is down by 40 percent in just two decades. In collaboration with a determined Ugandan Wildlife Authority team, Fennessy wants to round up 20 of the world's rarest giraffes to get them to safety through the wild heart of Uganda, which means embarking on a special voyage across the mighty Nile River. The stakes are high in this urgent and daring mission against poachers affiliated with organized crime, but if successful, the reward will be a brighter future for an animal we have somehow overlooked.
- StarsBD WongJacky PoonYuan Qi WuThis is the true story of a family of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys living in the highest forests in the world. Only recently discovered, snub-nosed monkeys are hauntingly beautiful primates, gentler than others of their kind. Elfin-like, they seem both childlike and wise beyond their years. The family is led by a formidable fighter and his fighting force who guard a troop of 8-10 families. The survival of this unique monkey society, formed in response to the hardships of the Himalayas, depends on strong defensive strategies and the cooperation and interdependence of them all.
- StarsChris MorganEcologist Chris Morgan (Bears of the Last Frontier) travels to the jungles of Northern Sumatra to document the work being done to save its population of wild orangutans, quickly dwindling due to deforestation. Morgan spends time with orphaned orangs at a rehabilitation center, observing the process of teaching them the skills they'll need to be released back into the wild. But to truly understand the complexity of wild orangutan society and learn exactly what the young orangs would have learned from their mothers in the wild, Morgan must go farther. He joins a team of experienced researchers in Suaq Balimbing, a remote peat swamp forest protected as part of a World Heritage Site. The scientists are there to study and document a unique social band of wild orangutans who use tools, share food, forage together, and create their own distinct culture. For the first time, advanced cameras follow the orangs throughout the canopy to provide an intimate, clear picture of how these arboreal apes spend their days and nights and interact with one another. At the conclusion of his journey, Morgan accompanies one special orphan orangutan as he is transported to a remote nature reserve to become part of a new community of former orphans now prepared to be wild once more.
- StarsGeorge McGavinWe are part of an extraordinary family. We have hundreds of bizarre and colorful relatives who live in exotic locations - yet most of us know almost nothing about them. From the orangutan who washes every morning to the bonobo babies who just want to have fun and the rhesus macaques who have mastered the art of city life, these are monkeys revealed.******************************************************************
- DirectorJoe PontecorvoStarsLiam NeesonFrom PBS - In the frigid valleys of Japan's Shiga Highlands, a troop of snow monkeys make their way and raise their families in a complex society of rank and privilege where each knows their place. Their leader is still new to the job and something of a solitary grouch. But one little monkey, innocently unaware of his own lowly social rank, reaches out to this lonely leader, forming a bond with him that manages over time to warm his less than sunny disposition. It is a rare and remarkable gesture that alters both their lives. Changing seasons bring new babies to care for, a profusion of insects and blossoms to eat, family disagreements to squabble over and tragedies to overcome. Mating season brings competition for females, as the days grow shorter and colder in a rush toward winter. But with their now confident leader to guide them and their families to shelter and care for them, this troop of snow monkeys is ready to face the world.
- DirectorRob SullivanNature observes a troop of endangered crested black macaques and explores what is causing their decline.
- DirectorJari OsborneStarsBrian UngerFrom PBS - The fascinating story of beavers in North America - their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback, as a growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages. Once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, these industrious rodents are seen in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and "employers" who reveal the ways in which the presence of beavers can transform and revive landscapes. Using their skills as natural builders and brilliant hydro-engineers, beavers are being recruited to accomplish everything from re-establishing water sources in bone-dry deserts to supporting whole communities of wildlife drawn to the revitalizing aquatic ecosystems their ponds provide.
- DirectorSteve GooderStarsDaniel SternFrom PBS - "Honey badger is bad ass." Those words and corresponding video became a YouTube sensation with 51 million hits. This is one of the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger.
- DirectorNick Clarke PowellStarsDaniel FisherVictoria HerridgeCan cloning bring mammoths back from extinction? This documentary follows a team of mammoth specialists and cloning scientists as they dissect the best-preserved mammoth ever found.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillKeith ScholeyAdam ChapmanStarsJohn C. ReillyA documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.
- DirectorGary W. GriffenThis award-winning wildlife documentary captures the life cycle of elk amidst the stunning scenery of the Rocky Mountains. Filmed over three years by renowned wildlife cinematographer, Gary W. Griffen, the unforgettable images and original soundtrack will immerse viewers in the elk's natural environment. Narrated by actor Stacy Keach, Elk in America provides a better understanding of when elk came to North America, their mystical relationship with Native Americans, and their drastic decline when settlers spread westward.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughThis program examines and the many subtle secrets that scientists have teased out of insects trapped in amber.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughStrand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
- DirectorJohn DownerStarsDavid AttenboroughElephants: Spy In The Herd provides the most intimate portrayal of the everyday life of an elephant herd. Narrated by David Attenborough and filmed over a year, throughout the program the elephant herd exhibits many human similarities: their life span, social structure, wisdom of age and emotional bonds.Witness two males clashing over territory, the birth and slow development of a calf and jealous rivalries between herd members. A real sense of these animals' incredible flexibility and intimacy is shown as they bathe in mineral salts, mud and dust, while their astonishing sensory perceptions are also revealed. Spy cams based on dung expelled by the elephants themselves infiltrate the herd. Unlike Spy in the Wild, there is no animatronic egret.
- DirectorKevin BacharStarsLynn SherrTravel around the world and learn more about a one-of-a-kind animal, as Lynn Sherr presents a beguiling portrait of giraffes.
- StarsAnthony LaPagliaNATURE invites viewers to share the inspiring beauty and harsh realities of survival in the land of the Big Red Roos.
- CreatorKen BurnsStarsPeter CoyoteTantoo CardinalMichael PunkeA journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
- DirectorDoug Hawes-DavisFACING THE STORM is the epic account of our tempestuous relationship with the iconic symbol of wild America. It explores the visionary quest to protect and restore bison and details the inextricable relationship of the Plains Indians with the animal. The film also recounts the harrowing near-destruction of the species in the late nineteenth century -- from an estimated 30 million bison to a mere 23 individuals by 1885. It explores the epic vision -- and monumental obstacles -- to restore bison to immense tracts of the Great Plains. FACING THE STORM shows us that the American bison is not just an icon of a lost world, but may very well show us the path to the future.
- DirectorJudith Dwan HalletThis film tells the sad story of how the buffalo nation was destroyed nearly a century ago by greed and uncontrolled hunting -- and how a few visionaries are working today to rebuild the once-great bison herds.
- Have you ever wondered why some animals have such crazy looking sense organs? Why do snakes have a split tongue? Why do elephants have such huge ears? Every feature has a special purpose that has evolved to ensure the survival of the animal. Just like us, animals rely on their senses to communicate with each other, to find their way around to find food and to stay safe.
- StarsHelen CzerskiPatrick AryeeSteve KroschelA miniseries dedicated to a detailed insight into animal's senses, including a look at a range of species and their incredible abilities.******************************************************************
- DirectorGraham BoothStarsRichard HammondKate EvansBrian HoyleRichard Hammond continues his exploration of weird and wonderful animal abilities by focusing on super-senses, and discovers how those same animal senses have inspired some unlikely human inventions. He encounters elephants who can talk to each other through solid rock; seals who use their whiskers to sense the shape, size, speed and direction of an object that passed over thirty seconds earlier; and a blind cyclist who relies on fruit bats to get him safely down a twisting mountain bike trail.
- StarsRichard HammondSven WieskottenRalph ErnstRichard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series of unlikely human inventions at the very frontiers of science.
- StarsEric SchwartzA hint of how humans and others animals view the world- and how they taste, touch, smell, and hear it too going above and beyond the traditional senses and into the realm of being EXTRAORDINARY.
- DirectorBoyd McDonnellStarsEric SchwartzA look at animals who have more than the traditional five senses, from the smell-taste sense of animals with the amazing Jacobson organ (snakes, lions, zebras), to animals with the swim bladder, which prevents underwater collisions.
- StarsHelen CzerskiBrent ShockBill AndersHelen Czerski goes in search of colour. She reveals what it is, what it does, and why colour doesn't exist outside of our perception.
- DirectorSophie RobinsonStarsSamantha BondSerge CaparosJules DavidoffIf you have ever wondered if you see the same thing as the next person this episode of Horizon will help put your mind at rest. You may think a rose is red, the sky is blue and the grass is green, but it now seems that the colors you see may not always be the same as the colors I see. Your age, sex and even mood can affect how you experience colors.
- StarsEric SchwartzA look at some of the wildest animals out there and how they've been tamed over time: where feathered friends came from, how animals moved from being hunted to being raised for food.
- StarsEric SchwartzA look into the animals that live in our homes and on our farms and how they became domesticated.
- StarsEric SchwartzAnimals in our households and the barnyards and an exploration into the history of their domesticity.
- StarsEric SchwartzA wild ride into the world of llamas and other pack animals.
- StarsEric SchwartzThe dynamic world of domestic farm animals who have been companions and food sources for mankind for thousands of years.
- StarsDavid TennantA documentary using innovative techniques to reveal the secrets of pets' behaviour.
- StarsWilliam RoacheAnna MeredithTris PayneFollow injured and abandoned animals rescued by the RSPCA, which get new and loving homes.
- StarsMichael MadsenJerusa PaivaJoann SandanoAnimal Precinct follows the officers of the Humane Law Enforcement division of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) as they investigate cases of animal cruelty in New York City as well as arrest and prosecute those accused of animal cruelty.
- DirectorXavier BielStarsJoaquim LacuevaJessica CorreaMaria Teresa AbellóThere's nothing better than the workers of the Zoo themselves to see how all the engine to guarantee the good conditions of the animals work.
- StarsEric SchwartzA look at the evolution of zoos from the simple caging of animals for recreational viewing to the construction of animal habitats to give captive animals more physical and mental stimulation.
- StarsEric SchwartzThe Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium sure support the cliche that everything is big in Texas. We visit these two extraordinary zoological parks to find, among other habitat.
- StarsEric SchwartzA look back at some of the zoos Animal Atlas has visited and the special animals we've met, such as Cinder, the hairless chimpanzee at the St. Louis Zoo; Scooby, the mane-less lion at Branson Zoo and Aquarium; and many others.
- StarsEric SchwartzA fascinating look at how zoos came into being. We look at two specific zoos: one which began as a 19th century traveling circus, the other which rose from the fields of a 19th century farm.
- StarsJane HorrocksKonnie HuqJames ChattertonThis zoological reality series feature pages from the intertwined lives of people and animals in Chester Zoo, one of Britain's biggest, with 500 staff looking after some 7,000 wild animals. Numerous story lines follow an individual, couple, family or social group of a species, at times comparing aspects of zoo life and care (by a few keepers and some specialists, such as the vets) to life in the wild. Modern zoos not only provide entertainment and some education for visitors but also breeding programs for species in danger of extinction in the wild.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsDavid AttenboroughThe bill fish are the biggest, fastest, and most dangerous game fish in the sea. All have captured man's imagination like few other creatures, whether it's the graceful sailfish, the menacing swordfish or queen of them all, the marlin, immortalized by Hemingway in 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Marine biologist and film-maker Rick Rosenthal has traveled three oceans in his attempt to capture them all on film, and in doing so has become a passionate champion for these endangered yet little-known ocean giants.