Abdi Jama, a Somali camel herder, went to the USA and became an engineer. After twenty years he returned to the African wilderness with a passion and talent for filming. The programme covers five y... >>

The Harris Hawk is one of the few birds in the world that hunts in a pack. James Currie is on a mission to witness these majestic birds hunting in the wild. James ventures into the hostile Arizona des... >>

A young female crocodile sets her sights on the largest male on the river; he makes the water dance as he attracts older, more desirable females. After days of waiting, her patience pays off, but h... >>

Featuring a weird white lion, a jaundiced yellow crocodile and an awesome albino baboon, this extraordinary film follows those animals whose peculiar pigmentation has made them outsiders. Our heroe... >>

On the northern bank of the Sand River in the Mala-Mala Reserve live seven magnificent creatures. Clever, strong and deadly, they dominate their territory. Lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard, ... >>

At sunset, the mysterious world of the night unfolds. The air is filled with the sound of courting frogs loudly croaking, nearby a hungry Heron hunts for its next meal. Daytime animals get ready fo... >>

The Aleutians: Cradle of the Storms is a two part series that tells the absorbing story of an island chain and its people who have endured and survived wave after wave of invaders. In Part Two we pic... >>

Alaska, a land of brooding mountains, great rivers, forests and desolate tundra. This film explores how the plants and animals have evolved to cope with the remarkably harsh and unrelenting climate... >>

The animal world is a vast untapped reservoir of engineering design and technology. Animal Inventors explores the design principles that the natural world has been built on and looks at the parallels ... >>

Bellowing alligators and howling lemurs may seem unlikely musicians, but they play important parts in a symphony that uses only animal calls. British composer Nick Glennie- Smith collects performan... >>

An alien invader has come ashore in the southern USA, forming a rolling wave sweeping all before it. Humankind seems helpless as the red fire ant advances, destroying crops and maiming innocents wi... >>

The Appalachians form a vast mountain range, from Georgia in the south to Maine in the north. Its ridges and valleys are cloaked in an extraordinary forest, a secret world of rivers and waterfalls,... >>

The ecological balance on Enderby Island in the sub-Antarctic was completely overturned when cattle and rabbits were marooned to provide food for shipwrecked sailors. The delicate nature of any eco... >>

Snakes are part of our primal fear, but which species is the most deadly? Venom doctor Bryan Fry explores Asia’s viper hot spots and comes fang to face on his mission to discover the killer cockt... >>

Far off the coast of Brazil lie a few tiny islands, oases of life in a seemingly endless blue desert. Take the first ever look at Trinidade, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks, full of undiscovered w... >>

Follow the first year in the life of four precocious tiger cubs in an Australian animal park, as they learn to be tigers in a human world. Their devoted carers know these cubs may be the best way f... >>

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of the leading centers for saving endangered species. It is particularly renowned for its breeding programs. This program goes behind the scenes to meet some... >>

The honey badger certainly lives up to its reputation as a fearless fighter and eater of venomous snakes. Now a husband and wife team wants to find out how honey badgers behave in the African bush ... >>

A rampaging horde of introduced wasps spreading death and destruction across New Zealand has left scientists struggling to protect animal and human victims from these yellow and black marauders.

Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt discover the world of Australia's Barrier Reef. It has the greatest collection of animals on the planet and they're all linked to each other in weird and wacky ways. T... >>

There are more bat species flying in one small patch of forest in Panama than can be found in the whole of Europe or the USA. To study their behaviour, a group of adventurous and daring women scien... >>

Off the coast of New Zealand, on the island of Breaksea, there is a war going on. The island's rats have no predators, so are decimating the indigenous wildlife. The Department of Conservation is f... >>

Follow the extraordinary work of the Bear Sanctuary team as they bring hope and a better life to bears rescued from terrible condictions in captivity in Romania. We follow the bears' transformatio... >>

What happens when your patients are more interested in eating you for lunch than listening to your advice? Wildlife veterinarian Doctor Johan Joubert’s office is the Shamwari Game Reserve in South A... >>

Fighting Black Marlin…colossal swamp creatures…speed demon sharks…and super sized predators of the deep. Meet these enormous fish and the men and women who pursue them for food, sport and sci... >>