18 episodesFirst aired 5 October 1992
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This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Oct 199253m
An exploration of the wildlife of the Russian Arctic, and in particular Wrangle Island, featuring polar bears, musk oxen, Ross’s Gulls, reindeer, foxes, walruses, and the Red-breasted Goose.
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A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.
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Between China and Central Asia is the Tian Shan mountain range, home to Marco Polo sheep, white-clawed bears, snow leopards, yaks, and the ibex.
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A look at the wildlife in the huge Siberia forest reveals bears, elk, wolves, and musk deer among many other creatures in this frozen expanse.
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This last program in the miniseries explores Kamchatka Peninsula where the Russian Arctic meets Southeast Asia. Home to perhaps the highest concentration of volcanoes in the world, this remote region is teeming with life both on land and in the sea, from the Amur Tiger to the Giant Pacific Octopus.
Oct 199253m
Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.
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The African Blackwood is prized the world over for its wood in the making of musical instruments. Nature takes you on a journey through the history of this “tree of music” and into modern day efforts in Tanzania to save this ever dwindling resource.
Nov 199253m
Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.
Jan 199353m
A look at two separate families of arctic foxes. One living in the frozen, barren tundra of northern Russia, the other living in the slightly more comfortable surroundings of the Norwegian coastline.
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A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.
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A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.
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As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.
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Mar 199353m
In Kenya’s Amboseli National Park is a family of elephants led by its matriarch Echo. Elephant expert Cynthia Moss, takes us up-close and inside the lives of these magnificent animals.
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May 199353m
Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.
May 199353m
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.