After a storm, Chinese turtles move in to check it out. When the lagoon formed, it trapped thousands of small fish. Bad news...
(02:55)Blakiston’s fishing owls. By day, they enjoy the view, and wait for cover of night. Their fluffy chick secures itself in a...
(03:16)It’s now time to be social. Males seek out one or more females to mate with. These two have already bonded.
(00:30)As day breaks, everything seems normal. But the bears wake to good news. Salmon numbers in the lake have reached a critical...
(02:37)Hungry bears seek the nectar rich flowers. They must eat hundreds to get the equivalent calories of a big salmon. Bears have...
(03:04)In June 2007 a massive landslide engulfed the pristine landscape. Four and a half million cubic metres of rock, gravel, snow...
(02:51)Through April and May males build up their stamina for the mating season. Courtship happens in stages. First, pursuit. And...
(00:35)Twitching grasses spell trouble. Time for birds to hold on as best they can. And for those that can, to hide. In Summer,...
(03:05)In green hills, local herders graze sheep and goats. The powerful sun brings out plants even in this dry zone.
(02:48)Different kinds of brown bears share the ample land here. But populations are threatened. Hunters and loggers come too. Now,...
(03:02)Every May one hundred and fifty thousand pairs of snow geese fly in from their North American winter quarters. It’s their...
(00:43)The Arctic fox can tolerate temperatures down to minus seventy degrees Celsius by shunting blood flow away from its legs to...
(03:51)Few people have ever seen one – or ever will. The Amur leopard. About 30 remain in the wild, making it the most critically...
(00:52)Harlequin ducks will endure the long winter here. Meantime, they bob around like corks in the breakers and dive beneath the...
(03:06)This is Lake Baikal. This record breaking lake holds twenty percent of the Earth’s fresh water – as much as all five of...
(03:14)Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.
(02:57)On Russia’s far Eastern edge is the stark peninsula of Kamchatka. In this surprising place heaven and hell collide. Life and...
(01:07)Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...
(03:09)Up above the tree line in the foothills of the Kavkazsky Nature Reserve a rare goliath lumbers across the grassy slopes. A...
(03:00)In the North lies the Arctic. A place of extreme hardship, demanding finely-honed survival skills. Where life is precarious...
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