Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Oct 19, 1986 - 53m
Examines how the plants and animals of Alaska’s Alyeska wilderness have adapted to the regions harsh climate.
Oct 26, 1986 - 53m
An examination of the plants and animals that make their home in a shallow lagoon found on the Western coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Nov 2, 1986 - 53m
This exploration of the Galapagos Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean West of Ecuador, examines theories explaining the arrival of wildlife to the archipelago.
Nov 9, 1986 - 53m
Marine iguanas, cormorants, green turtles, sea lions, and sperm whales are among the animals that thrive in the cold waters surrounding the equatorially located Galapagos Islands.
Nov 16, 1986 - 53m
A look at the Galapagos Islands’ many birds, include the waved albatross, blue-footed booby, frigate bird and the ground finch; also, man’s relationship with the islands’ changing environment.
Nov 23, 1986 - 53m
A look at how the Pantanal's wildlife species cope with the annual cycle of flood and drought which transforms the marshy prairie from a dry savannah into the world's largest freshwater wetland – a 36,000 square-mile area that encompasses Southwestern Brazil and parts of Bolivia and Paraguay.
Dec 7, 1986 - 53m
An examination of the behavior of man’s feline friends.
Dec 14, 1986 - 53m
The activities of an elusive female leopard are traced over a two-day period on the hot plains of Africa.
Jan 18, 1987 - 53m
A look at the survival of the African elephants, as ivory and foraging land became more valuable.
Feb 8, 1987 - 53m
A freshwater lake in Tunisia that turns salty every summer.
Feb 22, 1987 - 53m
The Japanese take efforts to save an indigenous monkey.
Mar 1, 1987 - 53m
A look at the crane, Japanese symbol of longevity, true love and happiness.
Mar 8, 1987 - 53m
Hunters and egg poachers threaten the existence of the giant loggerhead turtle.
Mar 15, 1987 - 53m
Following the wild mustangs of America’s West.
Apr 12, 1987 - 53m
An exploration of the Rift Valley that sweeps North from Kenya to Turkey, where prophets said their god first planted a garden.
Apr 19, 1987 - 53m
The unusual life in the salty Dead Sea, where the desert plunges 1,200 feet below sea level.
Apr 26, 1987 - 53m
What happens when a finely maintained garden is abandoned.
May 10, 1987 - 53m
A year on a Japanese island following a family of red foxes.
May 17, 1987 - 53m
The tunnelers, thatchers, weavers, dam builders, sculptors, potters and spinners of the animal kingdom.
May 24, 1987 - 55m
Echoing hoots and trills, bandit masks, feathered tufts and orange noses distinguish African forest monkeys called quenons.
