Animal Science
Marvel at the amazing strength of the leaf cutter ant. Find out how fast can a pronghorn really run, and how the desert camel is able to survive in such extreme conditions.
Marvel at the amazing strength of the leaf cutter ant. Find out how fast can a pronghorn really run, and how the desert camel is able to survive in such extreme conditions.
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Discover one of the most dangerous jobs in the world...shark diving!
It's a race against time to bring in the world's biggest animal – the elephant. It's gone down in a bad position and has stopped breathing. There's a baby boom out on the reserve – we are lucky enough to watch the birth of a giraffe.
Our vet Johan has to run for his life when a darted lion wakes up unexpectedly. The struggle continues to get our baby elephant Themba to drink milk. And the game capture team is tackling the world's deadliest animal, the hippo.
For Echo and her family, the weeks after the rains are good times. They have time to take a mud bath together. Baby Evaline is a handful, and new mother Elettra still hasn't learnt to stay close to her.
In Echo's family, her niece Elettra is a mother for the first time. She has a lot to learn. Three-day-old baby Evaline finds the going tough, as her mother fails to watch over her, and the others send the adventurous youngster packing.
Echo's family have their first new baby of the year, Evaline. The baby looks unusually exhausted, because Elettra, the first-time mother won't let her sleep.
Penya and Paza encounter a python the adorable cubs go on their first bush outing Lewa and Laili keep the zebra on their toes. Meanwhile, the research team have more experiments for the Ngamo lions.
There's no doubt sharks have an image problem. And they're certainly in trouble globally. The population of some species has declined by more than 90% due to over fishing.
An active black Labrador, a mischievous boxer-mastiff mix, and a lovable Brittany springer are all headed to PawsAbility after being involved in separate car accidents. A husky mix with a recent cancer diagnosis also returns for help with a second brace.
A nervous Maremma sheepdog and a relaxed cat test Janice as she makes several prosthetics. Meanwhile, a German Shepherd needs an indoor slipper, and an Australian Cattle Dog seeks help for a knee injury.
Leo needs a front leg brace to be able to walk, while champion show dog, Sergio, needs a knee brace to get back to his career.
Chevy is an ideal candidate for a brace, while Toby participates in My Pet's Brace's first-ever pressure mat study, measuring how much weight dogs can put on their legs after receiving braces or prosthetics.
Frost bite caused Paddington to lose both front paws, so new prosthetics get him up and about. Chooch is a police dog needing a brace to get back to work patrolling the streets of Pittsburgh.
Our closest relatives, primates are a diverse group of highly intelligent mammals. Over 440 species, with varied social structures and behaviours, explore chimpanzee's, gorillas, orangutan and more.
Despite popularity, it seems the future does not bode well for the penguins, finding themselves in a shrinking world of melting snow and ice. However, they remain on the shores of our beaches and on the unforgiving Antarctic ice shelves and oceans.
Over hundreds of millions of years, they existed here long before us. Surviving natural disasters and mass extinctions, the are now among the oldest animals on earth.
With populations steadily decreasing for decades prompting the forced reintroduction of wolves where the population has disappeared entirely, conservationists worldwide are struggling to keep the wolf alive and well.
Delve into the shadows to uncover the secrets of nocturnal survival.
Deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan, Blue World explores remote cenotes in the jungle that were once used for Mayan rituals.
This episode documents Jonathan Bird's actual cave training in the Bahamas and follows him as he learns how to dive safely in the overhead environment of a cave in an attempt to earn his full cave diver certification.
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