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- DirectorDenis CôtéAlong the rhythm of the seasons, beasts and humans regard each other. 'Bestiary' unfolds like a picture book about mutual observation. A contemplation of a stable imbalance, and of loose, tranquil and indefinable elements.Mostly African wildlife at a Quebec zoo.
Wildlife behind bars and fences.
Horses, Ostriches, Buffalo, lions, zebras, many more. - DirectorJames HoneyborneStarsPaul NewmanRufus BeckAn inspiring exploration of one family's resilience and fortitude shot using innovative and groundbreaking filming techniques.Meerkats in the Kalahari.
183 minute feature film with never a slow moment.
Featured is Kolo, from his birth through his learning adventures.
Meerkats are one foot tall, somewhat like watching prairie dogs.
Loveable, endearing, fun to watch Meerkats.
Music and cinematography outstanding. - StarsDavid AttenboroughA nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, that looks at the evolution and habits of amphibians and reptiles.Attenborough and cold blooded animals.
- DirectorMark ShelleyBob TalbotStarsDaniel SternFrom PBS and NATURE - On a typical late summer day a baby sea otter washes up on the beach in Monterey, California - hungry, lost, injured. It's a tragic event, but not surprising. California sea otters are struggling. For decades marine biologist Karl Mayer and his small staff have worked unceasingly - one otter at a time - to bring this "keystone" species back from the brink of extinction so it can play its important role in the local marine environment. But the effort has stalled, and no one knows why. This is the story of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's 501st attempt to save an orphan otter. From her discovery as a stranded newborn pup crying on the beach through her rehabilitation in secret roof tanks atop the Aquarium, we follow as Otter 501 learns how to dive, hunt, eat, and fend for herself in the wild, where survival is a long shot at best.
- DirectorJack CoufferStarsBill TraversVirginia McKennaPeter JeffreyStuck in a dead-end job Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Adventures ensue.Otters in Scotland
- CreatorMichael ChaplinStarsAlexander MortonSusan HampshireHamish ClarkArchie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.Wildlife in Scotland.
Season 4, Special Features. - StarsJason O'MaraSculpted millions of years ago by the advance and retreat of vast shields of ice, the Emerald Isle harbors a wealth of wildlife among its craggy mountains, fog-shrouded coastlines, deep gorges, and vast networks of inland waterways.
- DirectorJari OsborneStarsBrian UngerFrom PBS - The fascinating story of beavers in North America - their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback, as a growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming and world-wide water shortages. Once valued for their fur or hunted as pests, these industrious rodents are seen in a new light through the eyes of this novel assembly of beaver enthusiasts and "employers" who reveal the ways in which the presence of beavers can transform and revive landscapes. Using their skills as natural builders and brilliant hydro-engineers, beavers are being recruited to accomplish everything from re-establishing water sources in bone-dry deserts to supporting whole communities of wildlife drawn to the revitalizing aquatic ecosystems their ponds provide.beaver life, their relationship to the land and all the animals around them. How they build.
Beaver rescue and rehabilitation. - DirectorWerner HerzogDmitry VasyukovStarsWerner HerzogGennady SolovievAnatoly BlumeiA documentary depicting the life and work of the trappers of Bakhtia, a village in the heart of the Siberian Taiga, where daily life has changed little in over a century.
- DirectorJohn IrvinStarsGlenda JacksonBen KingsleyRichard JohnsonTwo separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.A turtle's journey from London to the sea.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertPhilibert films Zoology Gallery of the National Museum of Natural History (today known as the Great Gallery of Evolution) for a period of reforms which lasted from 1991 until 1994. The documentary shows how to perform dissection or even how to transport or restore some of the pieces in the collection, such as elephants, rhinos, gorillas and giraffes.Hundreds of animals in the Natural History Museum, Paris.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughFollow the path of the sun on its annual cycle, from the Equator, across the northern hemisphere and into the South. Witness a world bursting with life, as spring and summer follow the passage of the sun. Revealed in all their glory are the natural rhythms of life - the urge to breed, to feed and to raise young - all driven by the sun, the moon and the seasons, across the world.Monarch Butterflies, Caribou, garter snakes, crabs, coral reefs, Cranes, Flamingos, Emperor Penguins, Gannets, Grizzly bears, salmon. Part of Wildlife Specials DVD, 2 disc set.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough sets out on an intrepid quest across seven continents to create a unique television event to celebrate the wealth of natural features that makes Planet Earth so varied, so distinctive and so spectacularly beautiful.From Death Valley to around the world.
Part of Wildlife Specials DVD, 2 disc set. - DirectorAmy SchatzStarsLily TomlinPat DerbyColleen KinzleyNarrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces mankind's long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.Elephants in the wild and elephants in the circus. How elephants are trained for circus.
advisory -extreme cruelty to elephants. - DirectorEric SchwabStarsFirst KhunchanThanyarat PraditthaenCharlie SungkawessIn a far away land of jungles and wild animals, there lived a little orphan boy who was all alone in the world. But he knew that no matter how hard life can be, it's always better if you can share it with a friend. This is the story of how he found one, an elephant named Lucky. Together they face a changing world, but always manage to triumph. After a series of humorous challenges, they discover the Academy of Art, where elephants learn to paint. And Lucky becomes the star painter, a famous artist and celebrity. Finally, life is good for them, with money and food aplenty. But when Lucky falls in love with another elephant, Candy, and starts his own family, what will the boy do? My Lucky Elephant is an exotic adventure in a magical and beautiful place, and yet it's about what everyone is looking for in life - a true friend, a home, family.Thailand Elephants. An Elephant and a boy in the jungle, eventually travel to the city.
Working elephant, attends painting school. - DirectorLisa LeemanStarsIvor David BaldingFloraTen years in the making, ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT follows the poignant journey of circus producer David Balding as he tries to find a nurturing and permanent home for Flora, the 18-year-old African elephant that he rescued as an infant, raised as his "daughter" and made the star of his circus. David's love for Flora is put to the ultimate test when he realizes he made a terrible mistake keeping her as a solo elephant, and decides to retire her from the circus after 17 years of performing. Knowing Flora will outlive him, and with his health and finances becoming an issue, David sets off on a quest to find a home for Flora can live freely with other elephants. This complicated task begins with Flora's final circus performance in St. Louis and takes us on an emotional trek across America, then to Africa and back. We follow David's journey as he discovers just how difficult it is to find a proper home for an elephant in a world that reveres these animals for their majesty yet slaughters them for their ivory, adores them as cuddly Dumbos yet brands them "rampaging creatures". ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT raises critical issues about the well-being and future of the hundreds of thousands of endangered and exotic animals kept in captivity, the over development and destruction of their natural habitats, our intense and often damaging relationship with wild animals, and how all these issues have impacted the life of one very lucky elephant.Elephant from Africa, performing in zoos in America. Deciding where to retire elephant to live out a peaceful life.
- StarsDudley MooreBilly WestKids join a wild African safari with Spin, National Geographic's animated globe-on-the-go to experience the amazing ways that animals like cheetahs, crocodiles, rhinos and elephants survive. They'll experience life in a lion pride, what it's like to be a chimp, and much more. Really Wild Animals is a fun-filled, award-winning children's series featuring amazing animals, original music videos and National Geographic's stunning cinematography that send kids on wild adventures. Narrated by Dudley Moore. For ages 4-10.Elephants in Kenya.
At 20 minutes in, Daphne Sheldrick and her elephant sanctuary in Kenya. Elephant babies walk into her house for food. - DirectorMike BirkheadStarsMartyn ColbeckChris MorganCynthia MossEcho, the remarkable matriarch of a family of elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, was most studied elephant in the world, the subject of several books and documentaries, including two NATURE films. For nearly four decades, elephant expert Cynthia Moss, and award-winning filmmaker Martyn Colbeck were on hand to record the trials and triumphs of Echo and her family, documenting the intense loyalties and deep caring that are so fundamental to all elephants, creating a moving record of a life we all can share. Echo died of natural causes at the age of 65 in May of 2009, leaving the family she had cared for and guided for so long to face the worst drought ever recorded in Amboseli on their own. It was a final test of the years of Echo's leadership. Had she taught them all they would need to survive without her? Could her wisdom continue to provide for them even after her death? With rich archival footage and warm recollections, Moss and Colbeck share their memories of Echo and her family as they follow the fortunes of Echo's family during the drought. Echo is shown caring for her newborn son, Ely, who overcame the crippling condition he was born with thanks to her patience and extraordinary perseverance. Echo is also shown making a heartbreaking decision to abandon her mortally-wounded daughter, Erin, in order to save Erin's young calf, Email. Moss and Colbeck have especially fond memories of Echo's mischievous baby daughter, Ebony, whose playful nature was so endearing to them both. And they marvel as they recall Echo's rescue of Ebony when she was kidnapped by a rival clan, remembering it as one of the defining moments of her leadership. Happily, Echo's legacy lives on. Though other elephant families suffer devastating losses, her family is able to survive the drought, retaining her wisdom for future generations, keeping her memory alive.
- DirectorChristian BruyèreElephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Joyce Poole studies the elephants.
- DirectorLaura SamsRobert SamsStarsRobert SamsLaura SamsDiego AscaniShirley, an old box turtle, meets a very lost raccoon named Fernando Hernandafandavez, and helps him discover the magic of spring. Together they learn about a newborn fawn who sleeps alone in the woods.Woodland animals in America,
box turtle, racoon, fawn. - DirectorLeanne AllisonDiana WilsonStarsLeanne AllisonKarsten HeuerPeter JosieEnvironmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot, across 1,500 kilometres of rugged Arctic tundra.Caribou on their journey, up and down many mountain ranges in Alaska.
- DirectorJames B. ClarkStarsTed EcclesTheodore BikelTudi WigginsAs young Sam Gribley runs away he learns about nature.Otters, bears.
Pet racoons and falcon.
Filmed in Knowlton area, Quebec.
1968 era. - DirectorMinh Nguyen-VoStarsThe Lu LeThi Kieu Trinh NguyenHuu Thanh NguyenSet along the southern coast of Vietnam during the French occupation in the 1940s, water is everywhere, giving life and bringing decay and rot. Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. During the rainy season, there's no grass and the buffalo are starving. Kim volunteers to take the beasts inland to find food. On this coming-of-age journey, Kim sees men mistreat women, men fight with men, and French taxes rob the poor. He works for Lap, a buffalo herder whose past is entangled with Kim's parents, and he makes friends who will lead him to his place in the world.Buffalo in the Meekong Delta, South Vietnam coast.
1930s era.
The land floods yearly, and the buffalo are moved to higher ground to graze. - DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsKokoPenny PattersonSaul KitchenerA documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.A Gorilla living in San Francisco.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsTim AllenMeet adorable young chimp Oscar and his fellow mayhem-creating buddies, who see the world as their playground. Full of curiosity, joy and a love for mimicking others, these are some of the most extraordinary personalities in the jungle.
- DirectorLorenz KnauerStarsAngelina JoliePierce BrosnanJane GoodallMore than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered planet. Since then she's been spending 300 days a year scouring the globe on her mission to spread hope for future generations. She has taken on the responsibilities of a UN Messenger of Peace, and has been honored with countless awards. In Jane's Journey, we accompany her on her travels across several continents, and receive unprecedented access to her intense and exciting past. From her childhood home in Bournemouth, England, we embark to Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania, her second home. It's where she began her groundbreaking research nearly half a century ago, and she still returns every year to enjoy the company of the chimpanzees that made her the internationally recognized activist so loved and deeply respected.This documentary offers an intimate portrait of the private person behind the world-famous icon, possibly the most fascinating woman of our time, whose scientific breakthroughs are considered to be among the most important of the past 100 years.Chimpanzees and Jane's study area.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsJudit KeleNénetteA documentary on a 40-year-old orangutan that is locked behind bars.An Orangatun living in Paris at the Le Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes, an outdoor zoo.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerJoin the majestic Olympic elk as they traverse the alpine path from their winter home in the lowland shadow of Washington's Mount Olympus, to the fertile grazing grounds of its towering peaks.Elk on their journey up the mountain.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerAlthough first glance reveals little more than stones and sand, the desert is alive. Witness moving rocks, spitting mud pots, gorgeous flowers and the never-ending battle for survival between creatures of every shape, size and description.wildlife families in the desert
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerStory of the American prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed there.American prairie wildlife.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerAn overview of the changing world of nature, focusing on plants, bees, sea creatures, and volcanoes. Nature's strange and intricate methods of perpetuating life allow for species survival.fish, bees, ants, crabs
- 1954–19971hUnrated8.9 (15)TV EpisodeDirectorHamilton LuskeStarsJoel ColmanWalt DisneyWinston HiblerWinston Hibler explains how Perri, Disney's first and only True-Life Fantasy, was filmed. The film crew was so entranced in Utah, that it became known as Wildwood Heart. It took almost three years to film the adventures of the squirrels.Walt Disney talking about how he started filming wildlife documentaries, filming wildlife in the wild. 200 miles of wildlife film.
True Life Adventures Disney. - This film is a journey of exploration into one of America's best kept secretsWildlife on an Idaho river. Dippers, wolves, otters.
- This is an exploration of the exciting, diverse and unique wildlife that inhabits the dramatic landscapes of the vast South American continent. It's a land of great extremes, stretching from the Antarctic to the Equator. It has the planet's greatest river system, longest mountain chain, biggest and richest rainforest and driest desert. Using the latest camera techniques, including infrared night-vision cameras, rarely seen animals are revealed, whilst a specialist aerial cameraman soars over the continent, revealing an entirely new perspective on its varied and dramatic landscape.Wildlife in South America, living in extreme conditions.
- DirectorDione GilmourStarsRupert BakerLiz GeorgePhillipa MasonTrace the remarkable ability of Australian bushfire victims to bounce back and the environment's extraordinary capacity for healing.Australia, in 2009 a firestorm destroyed over 1 million acres. Wildlife survivors that were injured were taken to wildlife hospitals.
- DirectorMark LewisStarsTip ByrneH.W. KerrGlen IngramA documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.Toads introduced into Queensland, Australia in the 1930s to eat cane bugs.
- DirectorGisela KaufmannStarsGordon BurghardtEric PiankaChristian RutzThis program reviews the monitor lizard genus which, dispute the incredible diversity between species, share common traits such as the ability to count, that lead biologists to peg them as the most evolutionarily advanced of the lizards. Dr. Eric Pianka, who studied lizards for forty years in Australia, serves as guide. Program concludes with the customary, trite comment on human impact on climate change and the environment.Monitor lizards in Red Sands, Great Victoria Desert, Australia.
Also, the Komodos. - DirectorClay BryceStuart ScowcroftStarsGavin PrideauxAustralian scientists discover the perfectly preserved fossil skeleton of a marsupial predator, Thylacoleo Carnifax, which is revealed to be more than a million years old and the only one ever found. It reveals a story of a strange creature with both carnivorous and omnivorous tendencies - the most fearsome predator Australia has ever known.A marsupial lion in Australia.
Fascinating how an animal can be reconstructed with the latest technology. This lion used it's claws to kill, waiting for prey, because it couldn't run fast. - DirectorDavid FlatmanStarsAlex ScottA breathtaking journey through the exotic, surreal and dramatic natural environment of Australia.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerKjeld JacobsenThe lives of black bears in Yellowstone National Park.Bear families.
A True Life Adventures, Disney film. - StarsKeith DavidJourney to the untamed Great Bear Rain Forest where the wildlife is like nothing you have ever seen.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsTimothy TreadwellAmie HuguenardWerner HerzogA devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.Grizzlies in Alaska.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerMogens LindThe strange and wonderful world that lies beneath our feet, under leaf, log and rock, peopled by millions of weird and fascinating creatures.Abundant wildlife on a half acre.
- DirectorJames AlgarStarsWinston HiblerThe first of the True-Life Adventure featurettes. Fur seals arrive on the Pribilof Islands for the purpose of mating. The older seals are known as bulls and have "harems" of females which they protect very seriously. The younger male seals get together, train themselves to fight, and then help each other overthrow the bulls to become the new masters of the harems.Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea.
- StarsAlan CoatesIn the landscape of the Balkans live wild animals that have all but vanished from the rest of Europe.
- DirectorAndy MitchellStarsTom SelleckA team of dedicated scientists take on the historic conservation project of rebuilding the great American plains. More than 200 years ago, the Great Plains were an American Serengeti. Since then, human encroachment has slowly deteriorated the land and its wildlife. To rebuild an ecosystem on more than 3 million acres, conservationists must track and reintroduce populations of iconic American species, some on the brink of extinction. These include the bison, the pallid sturgeon and prairie dog.Wildlife on the American Prairie.
- DirectorChristian BruyèreBlack and White Rhino's in Kenya.
On a ranch, Courtland Parfet protects Rhinos. - CreatorMichael ChechikStarsAndrew GardnerJim CosgroveEach episode of the Champions of the Wild series takes viewers on an exciting trek into the fascinating world of the wild. The audience is transported to different parts of the globe to witness the intriguing bond between dedicated wildlife conservationists and the animals they champion.Wildlife in Nazina Game Reserve.
Clark Nungren's plan to save wildlife of Burina Faso, in West Africa, resulted in Nazina Game Reserve. - DirectorDavid E. SimpsonThe clichés of nature documentaries ignore a key landscape feature: villagers just off-camera, who navigate the dangers and costs of living with wildlife. The Maasai of Kenya and Namibia's Himba - two of Earth's oldest cattle cultures - are in the midst of upheaval. After a century of "white man conservation," which displaced them and fueled resentment towards wildlife, they are vying to share the wildlife-tourism pie. Community-based conservation, which tries to balance the needs of wildlife and people, has been touted as "win-win.' The reality is more complex. Charting the collision of ancient ways with Western expectations, MILKING THE RHINO tells intimate, hopeful and heartbreaking stories of people facing deep cultural change.Cattle cultures and wildlife in Namibia, Marienfluss Valley. Kenya, Negwesi Lodge.
Villagers that live with African wildlife and embrace conservation to promote their way of life.
Elephants, Rhino, more. - DirectorChristian BruyèreDr. Tom deMarr and his patients at Kenya's Ol Jogi Sanctuary.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsPaddy O'ByrneHilarious documentary on the wildlife of the Namib Desert.Wildlife in South Africa, from the Kalahari west to the ocean.
- DirectorJames ByrneStarsKeith DavidCarlos Lopes PereiraWildlife in Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park.
- DirectorDavid Hughes
- DirectorKevin BacharStarsLynn SherrTravel around the world and learn more about a one-of-a-kind animal, as Lynn Sherr presents a beguiling portrait of giraffes.Giraffe.
- StarsArt WolfeByambadorj AltanhuyagTravels to the Edge with Art Wolfe looks at some of the most remote spots on the planet. Explore spectacular glaciers, stunning deserts, colorful rainforests, and awe-inspiring mountain peaks. Join internationally acclaimed photographer and host Art Wolfe, as he discovers Alaska, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Japan, India, Iceland, Nepal, Patagonia, Peru, the South Georgia Island and more.Wildlife around the world.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughLakshmiJeff TurnerOccasional series of one-off documentaries, each examining the lifestyle of a particular animal.Crocodiles, leopards, eagles, wolves, polar bears, humpback whales.
2 disc set includes Greatest Show on Earth, and Great Natural Wonders of the World. - DirectorDavid LickleyStarsBirute GaldikasDaphne SheldrickMorgan FreemanThis heartwarming film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them-saving endangered species one life at a time.Orangutans and Elephants.
Birute Galdikas in Borneo rescues Orangutans.
Daphne Shedrick in Kenya rescues Elephants. - DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsKruChantuiNahA snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.Elephants, tigers, leopards, water buffalo.
Thailand, 1927. - DirectorNick StringerStarsMiranda RichardsonDavid BowlesHannelore ElsnerA little loggerhead turtle follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. Born on a beach in Florida, she rides the Gulf Stream all the way to the frozen north and ultimately swims around the entire North Atlantic to Africa and back to the beach where she was born.A turtle returning home to where she was born, after a 25 journey in the Atlantic.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTina MajorinoKeith CarradineChelsea FieldThe true story of how a seal named Andre befriended a little girl named Toni and her family in 1962.A sea lion, Maine, 1962.
Filmed in Tasmania, Australia/ Boston, Massachusetts, /Mississippi,/ Vancouver Aquarium. - DirectorLaura SamsRobert SamsStarsZoe AhoDave CainChris McClureFirst Snow in the Woods is a beautiful and quirky wildlife film set in the brilliant reds and golds of the fall season, which follows the forest animals preparing for an early winter storm. Based on the best-selling children's book, you'll meet a worried scarecrow (who can't scare any crows) and who is afraid of the changing season. He lets a little mouse move into his straw-filled heart, and the mouse tells the scarecrow the story of First Snow in the Woods. With original music and wildlife footage.Wildlife preparing for the winter.
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackMarguerite HarrisonThe struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.
- DirectorEric Daniel MetzgarAn artist abandons his life's work to build an ark filled with hundreds of endangered animals. A story about time, death, art, love, and turtles.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsDave HooverGeorge MendonçaRodney BrooksAn exploration of the careers of four unrelated professionals: a lion tamer, a robotics expert, a topiary gardener, and a naked mole rat specialist.Mole rats.
- DirectorPaul KenworthyRalph WrightStarsWinston HiblerTrue-Life nature photography is used to tell the tale of a female tree squirrel named Perri who encounters many different forest creatures, both friendly and dangerous, as she grows up through the four seasons and finds a mate named Porro.A squirrels life.
- StarsNancy GilesCaroline QuentinCaroline Quentin narrates this heart-warming tale of a special group of baby animals born in some of the coldest and harshest places on Earth. We follow the ups and downs of impossibly cute yet plucky baby emperor penguins, snow monkeys, polar bears, arctic foxes, reindeer and otters and find out just what it takes to survive the first year of life in a world of snow and ice, with a little help from family and friends.Baby Emperor penguins in the Antarctic.
foxes in the Arctic
reindeer
polar bear
snow monkeys in the mountains of Japan. - DirectorJohn DownerStarsDavid TennantSpycams sneak within a paw's swipe of the world's largest land predators - Polar bears. Polar Bear Spy on the Ice gets closer than ever before to these charismatic bears and reveals their astonishing intelligence and curiosity.
- DirectorChristopher MongerStarsKaiulani LeeCaptures Rachel Carson, the mother of the environmental movement and author of Silent Spring, in the final months of her life as she defends her book and battles with cancer.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.
- DirectorJerzy StuhrStarsJerzy StuhrAnna DymnaDominika BednarczykLeft behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.A Camel in Poland, living at a house and taken for walks in the countryside.
- DirectorByambasuren DavaaLuigi FalorniStarsJanchiv AyurzanaChimed OhinAmgaabazar GonsonWhen a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.Camels in Inner Mongolia, China
- DirectorMichael SteinbeckThe award winning LAST OF THE CARAVANS captures man's eternal struggle for survival and unveils the mystique of a proud people juxtapositioning their ancient traditions against the rapidly changing society of the 21st century.Camels in the Sahara, going on caravans to remote villages without roads.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsJeni CourtneyEileen ColganMick LallyYoung Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.Seals, Silkies and legend.
Donnegal, Ireland - DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.Beasts of Louisiana
- DirectorStephen LowStarsEarl PenningtonSeveral beaver families in their wild surroundings. The interesting process of building a dam can be watched as well as the dangers arising from hungry bears and other influences on the new-built home.
- DirectorDavid ClarkAl GiddingsStarsKenneth BranaghCarole BaldwinJohn E. McCoskerMarine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin, from the Smithsonian Institutions's Museum of Natural History, and her first trips to the famed Galapagos Islands.
- StarsOprah WinfreyDavid AttenboroughDoug AllanDavid Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth. From giving an overview of the challenges facing life to hunting the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures.
- DirectorJeff TurnerSue TurnerStarsJeff TurnerFrom PBS - For thousands of years, wolves hunted buffalo across the vast North American plains until the westward settlement of the continent saw the virtual extinction of these vast herds and their eternal predators, the wolves. However, this ancient relationship was not lost altogether, and continues uninterrupted in just one location - on the northern edge of the continent's central plains in a place called Wood Buffalo National Park. Today the descendants of those ancient buffalo and wolves still engage in epic life and death dramas across this northern land, as packs of wolves up to 30 strong hunt the largest land mammals on the continent. By getting to know the individual wolves in a specific pack, and following them as they hunt, we will get a sense of how these two animal species coexist in what seems like a forgotten corner of the world.Wolves and buffalo in Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.
- DirectorMichael WebberStarsTim HarrisonTerry BrumfieldRuss ClearTake a journey deep inside the fascinating world where wild exotic animals are kept as household pets.Exotic wildlife in America.
- DirectorSimon ChuStarsAllan CordunerFrom PBS - Rescued from flooding caused by the damming of the Zambezi River, Rupert, an orphaned black rhinoceros, was brought up in the suburban family home of wildlife vet Dr. John Condy. Rupert captured the hearts of the vet's four young children before his eventual release into the wild. Fifty years later, the children are searching for clues to their childhood friend's fate.Black rhinoceros rescue by family.
- DirectorSimon ChuStarsAllan CordunerDaphne SheldrickFrom PBS - This is the heartbreaking story of Aisha, the baby elephant orphan, and Daphne Sheldrick, the woman who became her human foster parent. Their intense bond reaches a crisis point when Daphne leaves Aisha with a babysitter for a few days to attend her daughter's wedding. Aisha believes she has lost Daphne for good and refuses to eat, leading to her death. Heartbroken, Daphne uses the lessons learned from Aisha's short life to help her save more than 150 orphans over the next 40 years.Elephants and Daphne, at her sanctuary.
- DirectorKim HarrisStarsAllan CordunerHarry GoodridgeFrom PBS - "The Seal Who Came Home" is the true story of Andre, a two-day-old wild harbor seal who, in 1961, was rescued from certain death by Harry Goodridge, an arborist from Rockport, Maine. Over the next 25 years, Andre and Harry established a friendship that brought Andre into the world of humans without Andre's ever having to sacrifice his wildness. The human world gave Andre shelter during the harsh New England winter, but staying wild at heart meant Andre had the know-how to make the 200-mile swim home to Rockport. This interspecies friendship weathered every kind of challenge, including, at the end, Andre's blindness.A special bond between a Maine seal and a man, and his family.
- StarsPeter Haydenwildlife at the equator, Asia. From the top of the trees to the ground dwellers.
- DirectorKlaus ToftStarsPaul ChristieDanielle ClodeGregory W. McKeeExamine a remarkable and mysterious partnership between killer whales and whalers.Eden, Australia and whales.
Fishermen and Killer whales joined together to hunt baleen whales.
Story retold by the community that was part of the hunt. In the past, due to loss of habitat and food for the whales. - 1997–9.5 (10)TV EpisodeStarsArchie AngnakakbrNorth Hudson Bay. A father takes his son on an extended hunting trip, teaching him how to live off the land.
Polar bear and cubs, seals, birds, walrus, fox.
Includes how documentary was filmed. Underwater filming of swimming polar bears, seals. - StarsCraig SechlerExplore the wickedly ingenious ways our wild neighbors are staking their claim for territory in an increasingly human-controlled world.
- DirectorRichard AttenboroughStarsPierce BrosnanStewart BickVlasta VranaThe story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamFrom the moment of birth, baby animals can face almost anything -- from a social group of caregivers to complete abandonment. Yet all wild babies share some things in common, they must learn whom to trust, what to fear, and when to act.nests and babies and young.
Ostriches, Emperor Penguins, chameleons, platypus, chimps, black bears, mule deer, California mouse, musk ox.
Wildebeest have young born weighing 40 pounds. - DirectorAndrew ThompsonStarsFrans de WaalKathleen DudzinskiJustin GreggAn examination of animal intelligence. Scientists have observed that many clever creatures live in complex social groups, including apes, dolphins and elephants.Dolphin intelligence.
- DirectorSteve GooderStarsDaniel SternFrom PBS - "Honey badger is bad ass." Those words and corresponding video became a YouTube sensation with 51 million hits. This is one of the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, castrate charging buffalo, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger.Honey badgers, part of the weasel family.
Very intelligent, problem solvers. Nocturnal, difficult to study. Film followed a honey badger used to humans.
South Africa - DirectorWilliam A. AndersonStarsPam HoustonGrizzlies versus locals in America.
Grizzlies disappeared from Bitterroots in 1946.
Filmed in Montana, Alaska.
45 minutes. - DirectorLarry EngelA one hour film that documents the work of a wildlife veterinarian investigating a mysterious disease that is decimating a small elephant population in Zimbabwe. Hosted by Alicia Silverstone.elephants, otters, bighorn sheep, oiled bird rescue.
- StarsF. Murray AbrahamScientists attempt to breed new generations of nearly extinct species.endangered, only a few remaining:
Iberian Lynx, tortoise, soft shelled turtle in China, Spixes Macaw, lemurs, Black footed ferret, Sumatran rhino. - DirectorRoss IsaacsStarsF. Murray AbrahamThe story of the first year in a humpback whale's life as she learns lessons from her mother.Humpback whales off the coast of Hawaii. A mother whale and her baby. Winter home for about 6 months.
- DirectorKevin BacharStarsF. Murray AbrahamApparently, there is nothing a male will not do for the right to mate with a female - dance, sing, fight, change body colors, illuminate, even agree to be eaten alive. There is often a surplus of males, and they are instinctively driven to compete in order to pass their genes to the next generation. But it takes two to tango. Now, scientists are learning to what extremes males will go in order to find that dance partner.What males will do.
Lyrebirds, cicadas, capuchin monkeys, Palm Cockatoos, jumping spiders, lizards, garter snakes, ducks, Mannequin Bird, Riflebird. - DirectorJean PainlevéUnderwater photography presents the octopus: breathing, swimming, eating, dying.
- DirectorJenny KuboStarsJack HornerPaul SerenoGregory EricksonAs dinosaurs grew into the behemoths of the Cretaceous period they evolved many extraordinary but apparently useless features including spikes, sails horns, crests and the tiny "arms" of tyrannosaurs. The program reviews these unusual features and discusses theories of why they exist.Dinosaurs with extreme,exaggerated body parts.
- DirectorDarryl RehrStarsLuis ChiappeBob ChandlerGuillermo AguirrezabalaSouth America became home to creatures found nowhere else on Earth--Terror Birds. Capable of killing large prey with a single blow from their massive beaks, they were the only birds ever to become top predators on an entire continent.Dinosaurs in South America.
- DirectorRon KellyStarsJohn YesnoChris WigginsHugh WebsterErnest T. Seton, an American artist and author, tells the story of a mighty grizzly.
- DirectorDaniel GellerDayna GoldfineStarsCate BlanchettSebastian KochThomas KretschmannAbout a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos Island of Floreana in the 1930s.DVD contains an 8 minute "Nature on the Islands" documentary on wildlife of the Galapagos.
The film has a number of close-ups of the tortoise.