Wild

In the heart of India, a tiger family battles for dominance in the ruins of a lost empire. B1, a young tiger, challenges his aging grandfather for supremacy over their pride land, taking advantage of his slowed reflexes and struggling vision. Meanwhile, B1’s mother tries to keep the peace for her new cubs during their risky first years of life, and for her father, who is becoming increasingly helpless. But B1 is bent on taking over and starting his own dynasty deep in the heart of ancient India

The furry denizens of any American backyard often go unnoticed, but their feats of agility, intelligence and imagination deserve a closer look. Tree squirrels are quite common in suburban backyards. Not only do squirrels survive and cohabitate with humans, but they appear to thrive in our shared spaces. Witness the mental and physical attributes that make it all possible. Squirrels cache and hoard food to prepare for hard times but any time away from the safety of the canopy is spent negotiating natural and manmade dangers — often in competition with rival squirrels. We analyze each skill and discover how everyday rodents morph to become Super Squirrels.

Two New Zealand fur seal pups … Born on opposite sides of New Zealand’s South Island. It’s a battlefield where many pups don’t make it to their first birthday. Some pups are trampled by males fighting for the right to mate … or swept out to sea before they learn to swim. Others starve to death when their mothers fail to return from a feeding trip. Our pups must learn fast if they are to beat these odds. We follow the first few months of their lives as they struggle to learn the secrets of survival.

Japan is synonymous with crowded high tech cities. But it's a fact that around three-quarters of Japan is uninhabited forests, mountains and coast lines. Here a great diversity of wildlife ekes out an existence adapted to a country with great extremes of climate. From the tropics in the south to the sub-arctic climate of Hokkaido island. In Japan's Wild Year you'll meet the northernmost primates in the world, the snow monkeys, bears, giant hornets and the weird goat-antelope serow, to the iconic red-headed crane and the abundant cherry salmon, the life blood of Japanese rivers.

Scientific buoys immersed in the abyss off the coast of the French Riviera enable us to make for the very first time a detailed scientific study of the largest bony fish in the world, the giant oarfish, the creature likely behind the myth of the Sea Serpent.

In many of Africa’s waterways lives one of the heaviest animals on earth. Their closest living relatives are cetaceans - the whales and dolphins. Despite fearsome tusks and a jaw that can open wider than any other land mammal, they are herbivores.The ancient Greeks named the animal ‘River Horse’. We call it the Hippopotamus. In Zambia’s Luangwa River, hippos dominate life in the water – here they reign supreme.

There’s a tight-knit snake family that rules reptilian streets with impressive firepower and a fearsome reputation, instilling fear and chaos throughout the wild of Africa and Asia.

Among its stone forests, spiny groves and lush jungles, on the mystical island of Madagascar live over 100 species of endemic lemurs. In isolation for over 88 million years, these ancient primates have evolved into the remarkable creatures they are today. From the aye-aye with its extended twig-like hunting finger to the leaping sifakas and the charismatic ring-tailed lemurs with their own personal form of communication, these animals are wonders of adaptation.

The playing field doesn’t get much more heated than this–and the only set of ground rules is to kill or be killed. In the game of survival, the prey is often as formidable as the predator. But gut-gouging horns, venomous fangs, stampeding hooves and sharp canines aren’t enough to deter the big players. So why go after a meal that can kill them? Sometimes the reward outweighs the risk.

Eagles are dramatic predators that have inspired myths and legends for millennia. Though at the top of their food chain, they battle for survival and work tirelessly to raise their young.

Over the millennia, amphibians both large and small have dominated the Earth. Today, there are over 5000 different species of frogs inhabiting all corners of the globe—from tropical jungles and dark swamps to desert wastelands and frozen tundra. A select few evolved some extreme and bizarre adaptations to survive. An extraordinary family that comes in many weird forms, shapes and sizes. From bone claws and glass skin to antifreeze and deadly poisons, we’ll show you the jumpers, the climbers, the killers and high flyers. And hidden deep in the jungles of Central Africa, the Goliath Frog still lives today. It is one of the largest and rarest frogs to ever walk the Earth. This is Monster Frog.

On Indonesia’s eastern frontier lies an ancient world forged by fire. Isolated for millennia, creatures here have evolved beyond recognition.

Lions and buffalo compete for survival on the African grassland.

Since being cut off from the Asian mainland, the animals of Borneo and Sumatra have adapted to their new homes, developing unique traits.

In central Indonesia volcanoes and the monsoon have driven the evolution of bountiful life, including the fearsome dragons that rule here.

Borneo is the world’s third largest island. Shrouded in mist, this tropical island teems with strange and exotic life. In this vast jungle, snakes fall from the sky and lizards fly to survive. Some of the rarest, strangest and most magnificent creatures on earth call this place home. Pygmy elephants and the Sumatran rhino move quietly through the undergrowth while birds, bugs and bats inhabit some of the most spectacular cave formations on the planet. Borneo, an Island in the clouds.

The Tyrannosaurus rex was the top predator of its day, but new fossils reveal that the life of the T. rex and its cousins was brutal, and devastating injuries were routine.

Two Australian marine biologists are on an epic scientific expedition in Western Australia’s stunning Kimberley region to capture the birth of a Humpback Whale calf on camera for the very first time.

Around 150 wild horses—the likely descendants of horses abandoned by German and South African armies at the end of the First World War—live in the Sperrgebiet, 26,000 square kilometres of spectacular desert, grassland and rock land along Namibia’s west coast. This ‘Forbidden Zone’ of ghost towns was closed in 1908 to safeguard the diamonds that could literally be picked up in the sand, and later reopened in 2008 as a national park. Without water the horses should have died in the desert, but an artesian well from colonial times saved them. Now they trek through stunning landscapes between the well and the sparse grazing grounds, shadowed by spotted hyenas scanning for vulnerable foals or weaker older horses. The film follows the horses through one of the harshest years on record. And through it all, the horses show remarkable solidarity.

The world is full of angry birds. Some lock talons over food while others wrestle for mates. For birds, anger and aggression are key to survival.

Documentary exploring the reefs of the Tegnue, located on the east end of the Lagoon in Venice, which are home to an array of life, from sponges and sea anemones to scribbled pipefish and flashing squid.

Documentary following experts as they search Canada's Great Bear Rainforest for the Kermode bear, a rare white sub-species.

An old lioness and her two daughters are holding the key to the future of all desert lions. Two years ago, they gave birth to a total of five male cubs and now the time has come for the ‘Five Musketeers’ to continue life on their own. If they can make it to adulthood, there will be hope for the dwindling desert lion population. For the first time ever in this harsh and extreme landscape, observe over an extended period the secret lives of true desert lions living in the ancient Namib Desert around Africa’s Skeleton Coast Park. Scientist, Dr. Philip Stander, has studied the small population of desert lions for nearly two decades and monitors this significant pride closely. They roam the rugged mountains, the majestic sand dunes, the endless gravel plains and sometimes even the beaches of the Skeleton Coast. Share intimate moments with lions once thought to be extinct and uncover a story that will inspire a fascinating but also dramatic and emotional journey through the world’s oldest desert. In a place of hardship, constant hunger, ever-lasting thirst and inevitable suffering, five young male lions need to conquer the Namib Desert and find their own kingdom.

Surviving the Serengeti is a tale of courage and instinct, of hope and desperation. Set in East Africa, the story is told against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful places on Earth. It is a journey of growth and survival. Over nine months of the year, the Serengeti National Park is usually an area of peace and quiet where waterholes are places for all animals to take advantage of. However, at this time of year, carnivores have little to hunt—and yet they manage to survive and bring up young during the long dry season.

There are few places on earth more forbidding and beautiful than Baja, Mexico. Eight hundred miles long and ten million years in the making, it is home to a punishing desert and the most diverse sea on the planet. Explore amazing ecosystems in the Sea of Cortez and join the hunt with charismatic mega fauna - great creatures that inspire wonder, joy, fear, and awe—captured entirely in 4K over a period of 4 years.

A tiny, remote volcanic peak 200 miles west of Mexico is emerging as one of the last great junctions for thousands of sharks in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is a place of extremes, a battleground for some of nature’s greatest ocean predators. It’s also a vital sanctuary for bottlenose dolphins, giant Pacific manta rays and around 1200 migrating humpback whales.

The scorching interior of the world’s oldest continent is home to the toughest kangaroo on the planet, the mighty Red. You won’t want to miss extremely rare footage of a red kangaroo birth and specialised in-pouch cameras that capture an intimate portrait of Red’s development. We are also introduced to the kangaroo’s formidable neighbours through close encounters with wedge-tailed eagles, dingoes, venomous snakes and giant monitor lizards. This is a story of survival against the odds and what it takes to endure drought, heat wave and bushfire.

Journey to some of the most dangerous and visited beaches in the US to learn the truth behind many vicious shark attacks.

It's March - late summer in the Kalahari desert. Decision time for the old matriarchs of the herd. This summer, the rains just haven't materialized, and the nutritious desert is drying early. If you're an elephant you need a lot of water, so you have to plan ahead' The older members know that they have to move to survive.

She’s a hunter, killer, sister, but above all a selfless mother. Soon after you meet Manyari, queen of her pride, she does something both unusual and bold. She leaves the sanctuary of her family with her young cubs and takes them on a dangerous odyssey. She makes a bid to escape because two young bloods are sniffing around and, if they take over the pride, they will kill her cubs. Out in the wilderness, away from the protection of the pride male and without her sister to help her hunt, Manyari is forced to take huge risks. When her cubs are starving they wander back dangerously close to the young princes; as Manyari fights for her cubs’ very survival, her every move is shadowed by the marauding nomads. They know she’s out there and they want her back. Witness the terrifying hazards this mother takes to give her cubs a few more precious months of life.

Crocs have a remarkably ancient lineage. And some truly impressive distant cousins: the dinosaurs.It is believed that they have two hundred million years of evolution behind them. In most of that time, they have barely changed. This is the story of two of the Nile crocodiles, the most impressive creatures in the world, living together in an African river.

An extraordinary and entertaining portrait of one of Africa’s true icons reveals the secret lives of giraffes — the tallest animal on earth.

India is home to over 40 tiger reserves and our story begins in the heart of tiger country. In this coming of age tale, follow the journey of Kumal, a young male tiger who has been banished from his father’s territory by Khan, a vagrant male. Kumal is on the run and must now find a territory and mate of his own to continue his legacy. But due to man’s need for resources overwhelming land in central India, time and space for Kumal is running out. Threatened by local villagers who mistake him for Khan, Kumal is chased out of their village with raging flames. Having never been on his own before, Kumal’s survival is hampered by his inexperience and poor hunting skills. However, he finally reaches an oasis in the forest where he comes face to face with Latika, a female tiger and the key to Kumal’s future. Despite the difficult journey, witness Kumal’s transformation from a cub into a confident adult.

Antarctica. The coldest, driest, most remote continent on earth. Its isolation and extremes of temperature make it unlike any other place on the planet. The animals that survive here are superbly adapted to Antarctica’s treacherous conditions. But existence in this frozen continent will always be marginal for a living creature. To survive Antarctica, the animals that inhabit this land of extremes have developed extraordinary behaviors to meet the continent’s extreme conditions head on.Witness what it takes to survive in this land of snow and icebergs.