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)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)Siberia. Not only a frozen wilderness, it is a region of incredible diversity. Of precarious beauty and endangered animals,...
(01:07)On Russia’s far Eastern edge is the stark peninsula of Kamchatka. In this surprising place heaven and hell collide. Life and...
(01:07)Hungry bears seek the nectar rich flowers. They must eat hundreds to get the equivalent calories of a big salmon. Bears have...
(03:04)Steller’s sea eagles face adversity with grim determination. Only the toughest survive. They find refuge at lake Kuril – a...
(03:09)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)Polar bears spend much of the year out on the solid ice, but when the white land cracks, it’s time to move on. Their latin...
(03:02)The Arctic ice blankets an area twice the size of Australia. Animals have adapted to live above and below its fickle surface....
(03:02)Archaeologist Stella Demesticha and historian Michael Scott determine the cargo of an Ancient Greek ship.
(02:28)In the east, a mysterious place called Ussuriland. Here bizarre turtles dodge the soup dish. In temperate forests, bears hang...
(01:07)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)Among the most critically endangered animals in the world - It’s thought about four hundred Amur Tigers remain in the wild....
(03:10)Worldwide, ants are so numerous their total weight is almost as much as the human population. A force to reckon with. Workers...
(02:59)Through the hills of Yakutia comes a relentless army. Reindeer. A herd of a thousand strong.
(02:57)With a face like a kangaroo and a vampire’s teeth, the musk deer makes his timid way through the woods in search of lichens....
(03:01)It’s now time to be social. Males seek out one or more females to mate with. These two have already bonded.
(00:30)In June 2007 a massive landslide engulfed the pristine landscape. Four and a half million cubic metres of rock, gravel, snow...
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