

Premiering in 1963 broadcast on prime-time from 1968-1971 and airing in syndication until 1988 the Emmy Award-winning Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom was one of the longest-running and most beloved television series of all time. A pioneer of the narrative nature-documentary format the educational series followed venerable host and ecologist Marlin Perkins (later joined by Jim Fowler Peter Gros Stan Brock and Tom Allen) as he trekked to the farthest reaches of the globe to study wild animals in their natural habitats.

Sep 14, 1975 - 24m
Captured in Canada and released in the Nicolet Forest of Wisconsin, the marten are observed and studied to insure their survival.

Oct 19, 1975 - 24m
Marlin visits a small mountain island in the middle of Flathead Lake in southern Montana ... the home of a large herd of bighorn sheep.

Nov 16, 1975 - 24m
An ecological study of a mountain valley in Canada shows the dramatic story of the inter-relationship of the animals in their natural habitat.

Dec 7, 1975 - 24m
Marlin observes the study in operation during both winter and summer to learn what happens to elk of the Montana Rockies when forests are cut and logging roads built through their habitat.

Dec 28, 1975 - 24m
Eskimos capture huge wild musk oxen and transfer them to Wrangel Island, USSR.

Jan 11, 1976 - 24m
Marlin has been invited by the Tanzanian government to observe the baboons in the National Parks of Ruaha and Mikumi in southeast Africa.

Jan 18, 1976 - 24m
Lake Rezaiyeh in northwestern Iran is the nesting territory of the greater flamingo. Marlin participates in research of the mysteries concerning this bird.

Feb 8, 1976 - 24m
Marlin Perkins joins a husband-wife scientific team in Tanzania, east Africa to observe their continuing five-year research into the life of the wild dog.

Feb 15, 1976 - 24m
Marlin joins men of Marineland of Australia to rope a large nurse shark.

Feb 29, 1976 - 24m
In the northern part of South Africa, the life and habits of the ostrich is observed.

Mar 21, 1976 - 24m
Commemorating the bicentennial year, this program tells the story of man's first settlement on our Eastern Coast and the animals he saw.

Mar 28, 1976 - 24m
For 20 years the Boteti River in northern Botswana has not flowed. What was once an expansive and prolific body of water gradually dried up, leaving zebras, hippos, elephants and crocodiles dependent on the few pools formed from the occasional rains.