
Wild Connection
With the geological closure of the Isthmus of Panama 4 million years ago, the two largest oceans of the planet were separated.

With the geological closure of the Isthmus of Panama 4 million years ago, the two largest oceans of the planet were separated.

In Peru, on the shores of the Pacific, an Inca city buried under the desert sands has intrigued archaeologists for almost a hundred years.

Mr Nick is heading towards the south of Thailand to meet Professor Montri Sumontha, one of Thailand's leading herpetology experts.

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.

Sets out to discover a southern, even tropical Japan. First on the island of Kyushu, volcanic land par excellence, which carries some of the most dangerous volcanoes on earth. If eruptions and earthquakes are frequent, the bubbling of the magmatic subsoil has also offered the inhabitants benefits.

In the Mediterranean Sea there is a group of isolated lands where its inhabitants evolved separately from the rest of the planet.

In Ichijôdani, Japan, deep beneath the rice fields, archaeologists have excavated a medieval town abandoned 400 years earlier.

In the mountains, water produces the purest and wildest lakes that are the source of all the rivers on the planet. This ecosystem is home to creatures that must adapt to the cold, clear waters.

Apart from the sea, there are salty waters where the living conditions are exceptionally hard, like the salt mines, the salt marshes and other extremely saline places.

Hygiene is synonymous of health, and the elaboration of techniques, above all for evolution of cleaning instruments, and this also implies a very elaborate and complex developmental behaviour. For now, many of these techniques do not have a plausible explanation, such is the case of the blazing saunas.

The evolutionary successes in which life has solved aquatic locomotion doubtlessly deserve a leading role in the episode "Animal Copyright". In fact, it is the second part of the theme dedicated to traveling methods.

The fact that Peninsula is located only fourteen kilometres away from Africa allows for the flow of species between the two continents

The fruit of desire, forbidden fruit, passion fruit. Fruit is apparently something very desirable... and very appetizing.

With the latest film-making technology, Sir David Attenborough uncovers the unseen natural treasures of Singapore and explores how the wildlife has adapted to the human world.

Stretching 2,300 kilometres down the northeast coast of Queensland, the reef is home to over 900 islands each with their own unique biology and fauna.

Fascinating Places

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

In Ichijôdani, Japan, deep beneath the rice fields, archaeologists have excavated a medieval town abandoned 400 years earlier.

In the Hijaz desert, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia, lies a mysterious ancient city called Hegra. Until recently, the site had never been thoroughly excavated.