Some of the forests with most character in the world are the juniper woods. Each juniper tree has its own shape. Juniper woodlands are open and adapted to the cold and dry climates.
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A compelling documentary that explores a previously unknown phenomenon of how animals around the world use their senses to predict approaching disasters.
Iceland is a land born out of fire, sculpted by ice. This unique island is home to some of the planet's rarest and most spectacular creatures and it harbors some of the most extreme environments on Earth.
Every year the Pantanal is drowned by immense floods, and then suffer severe drought. Yet, while people struggle, the Pantanal hosts some of the greatest gatherings of animals on the planet.
From mountain to sea, and from scorching desert to Arctic tundra, Europe's great wilderness contains a stunning and surprising explosion of life. Wildest Europe reveals the incredible beauty and diversity of wildlife in Europe's major natural habitats.
In this episode of the documentary series Andreas Kieling reports from the Amazon basin, Siberia, South Africa, the mountains of western China and the Eiffel region back home in Germany. Kieling ventures to western China almost as far as the border with Tibet in search of the great panda, the legendary bamboo bear. Set against a gigantic natural backdrop, the filmmaker is attempting to track down the extremely reclusive creature. But finding one of the approximately 3000 pandas who live in the vast mountainous landscape and capturing it on camera is like searching for a needle in a haystack. And then comes a stunning close encounter with the beautiful creatures at a very special place: the breeding station at Wulong. The precious bears live in huge natural enclosures here, breeding and providing specimens to be loaned to a number of zoos all over the world. These particular creatures are only able to serve as ambassadors for their few relatives who still live in the wild since they have become accustomed to captivity, they would not be able to survive by themselves in the rainforests.
Containing one third of the world's trees, the frozen forests of the Taiga are the lungs of the planet. This great forest spans across shores of the Pacific, sheltering some of the Earth's most majestic animals, and some of its most secretive.
It may come as a surprise to non-Australians that the island continent renowned for its flat plains and searing deserts has snow-capped mountains at all.
Two eagles struggle to survive and produce offspring to maintain their species.
Wildest Middle East reveals the remotest and most surprising corners of this ancient land, where you will find nothing is as it seems and where the natural world is fighting a constant battle to survive in an ever changing world.
Wildest Places explores some of the most incredible natural habitats on earth & a diverse range of wildlife.
Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine join a riverboat search for manatee.
From mountain to sea, and from scorching desert to Arctic tundra, Europe's great wilderness contains a stunning and surprising explosion of life. Wildest Europe reveals the incredible beauty and diversity of wildlife in Europe's major natural habitats.
Sex is at the heart of everything. It's the only real way of leaving a legacy - in the genes of the future. But there's more than just the act - it's the build up to it when wildlife shows its incredible diversity. It drives touching courtships and fierce battles. Hormones and sex drive are forces that shape behaviour and can change an animal's purpose and persona. This is the story of how wild things get sexy. Without sex, there's nothing. It's a driving force throughout nature. The act of sex is mostly to make babies, but let's face it, its foreplay that really counts - it brings out the best and the worst in the animal kingdom. Pre-coital courtship can give pleasure, but also gives the participants the chance to check each other out and make sure they've found the perfect match. It affects us all. Birds do it, bees do it, all the way through the animals kingdom. From fire flies who mix up their own chemistry sets to fill the forest with mood lighting, to mayflies that emerge on mass, by the millions to mate. Their vast orgies attract predators of all sizes. Fish risk their lives climbing rivers from the sea, and a barrage of bears and other predators - just for sex - but the mission is so strenuous it kills them, as soon as their eggs are laid, they wither and die. Sex and the hormones that drive it can turn cute and cuddly into a sex beast. It turns out the koala is a sex maniac, more into rape than romance. Many mammals, from guanaco (wild llama) to hippos chase, wrestle and bite their way to a romantic interlude. Huge male red Kangaroos even box. When it comes to wild sex, mammals are amazing, but its birds that are the real show stoppers. From dazzling peacocks to booming bustards, fighting turkeys to dancing birds of paradise, birds go all out on foreplay - though you sometimes have to wonder if it's worth it - after all that parading their sex is over in seconds There's a lot of effort for very little reward.
Searching for blue whales in the Sea of Cortez gray whales in San Ignacio shark monitoring trip.
Wildest Places explores some of the most incredible natural habitats on earth & a diverse range of wildlife.
"Wild Hungary - A Water Wonderland" is a wildlife documentary about a white-tailed eagle family, a young otter and a giant catfish that share the wetlands of this country in Central Europe. Hungary lies in the bottom of the huge Pannonian Basin encircled by the peaks of the Alps and the Carpathians. Countless rivers and streams run from the mountains into the heart of the basin like the Danube or the Tisza and the countryside is densely scattered with thousands of lakes as well. In such a water paradise it's not surprising that wildlife is flourishing, often quite close to human settlements or well-known tourist destinations like the Lake Balaton or the Hungarian Puszta. "Wild Hungary" is also the story of a fisherman and a herdsman for whom the rhythm of the river and the moving of the water makes the yearly calendar. "Wild Hungary" offers a view behind the clichés that lives about this country. And there are much more to taste than the famous goulash soup.
Covering a fifth of the earth's surface, the Arctic tundra is one of the coldest places on the planet. The piercing temperatures and powerful winds challenge even the hardiest of creatures.
The environment of southern Europe and North Africa is the perfect territory for oak trees, huge trees whose branches may be home to more than 300 species of animals.
Asia is the continent of islands: at its southern limit alone there are some 30,000 islands dashed across the watery surface of the world.
With a population of around 3 million, Nairobi is one of the largest cities in Africa. However this metropolis is surrounded by wilderness that extends into the city itself.
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