
Fascinating Places
Fascinating Places

Fascinating Places

Humidity monopolises the atmosphere. Water overflows everywhere and more than half of the rain goes back to the clouds by the transpiration of the leaves.

We are the planet Earth, in spite of the fact that the greater part of the surface is covered by water.

Join internationally renowned actress Michelle Yeoh - star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Lady - on a touching journey back home to Malaysia for an intimate look at the orangutan.

Explores Singapore's hidden wilderness - overlooked areas of the island that are home to an astonishing variety of fascinating creatures.

The Great Barrier Reef lies in the Coral Sea. Here wildlife flourishes in the pristine, tropical seas, home to the worlds richest marine ecosystem.

The Ocean...the world's largest ecosystem. Almost 3 million square kilometres of water surrounds China,

African archaeologists are attempting to shed light on the long-contested history of Great Zimbabwe, one of the most fascinating sites in sub-Saharan Africa.

A small town lost in the heart of the Ethiopian mountains, Lalibela has attracted tens of thousands of Orthodox pilgrims every year for the past 800 years.

The rather ordinary-looking bocage landscape has an extraordinary tale to tell. This familiar landscape is man-made, created centuries ago and maintained ever since. Yet it teems with wildlife.

China has one tenth of the world's wetlands with the diversity types and various species.

The Great Barrier Reef is a living, breathing organism supporting the the richest, most complex ecosystem on the planet.

Fascinating Places

What if the veil was finally lifted on one of the greatest enigmas in the history of mankind, namely the disappearance of the Rapa Nui?

In Serra Capivara, a national park in the Northeast Region of Brazil, a Franco-Brazilian team found traces of the very first Americans...

Estuaries provide food for billions of living beings, with their mix of their fresh and salt water creating a rich cocktail for diverse creatures whose lives depend on the tides that transform the landscape.

Exploring the great island of Hokkaido, in the extreme north of the archipelago, this film highlights the natural beauty of this territory where nature remains the main character: it unfolds in immense spaces still largely wild, composed of powerful volcanic mountain ranges, countless crystal clear lakes and deep forests.

Fascinating Places

Pollution, uncontrolled fishing and other factors are having a devastating impact on ecosystems as rainforests, rivers, seas and wetlands are imperiled, so is the very existence of the species that inhabit them.

We are the planet Earth, in spite of the fact that the greater part of the surface is covered by water.