Episode 1
This miniseries starts off by exploring the abundance of wildlife around the Volga Delta in Russia’s Astrakhan region.
Episode 2
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.
Episode 3
A focus on the wildlife of the Central Asian deserts.
Episode 4
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.
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
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.
Episode 7
Fish, bats, birds, whales, giant squids, sharks, dolphins, sea lions and more flourish in and around the Sea of Cortez.
Episode 8
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.
Episode 9
Get right inside the hives of bees and wasps to see the inner workings of these complex societies.
Episode 10
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.
Episode 11
A study of cheetah behavior follows a mother and her cubs on the Serengeti plains.
Episode 12
A gorilla orphanage and a proposed forest reserve may save the lowland gorilla.
Episode 13
As its numbers increase and its natural range diminishes, the coyote moves into populated regions like Los Angeles.
Episode 14
Episode 15
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.
Episode 16
Episode 17
Raccoon and beaver lifestyles in the Canadian wilderness.
Episode 18
Exploration of Puget Sound's ecosystem.
