
Animals at Work
Annie the Bassett hound is pushing her short and stubby legs to the limit as an agility athlete, and energetic Mr. Gomez leads his doggie pals in a knockout performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Annie the Bassett hound is pushing her short and stubby legs to the limit as an agility athlete, and energetic Mr. Gomez leads his doggie pals in a knockout performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Six-month-old Rufus, the hawk is preparing for his biggest contract to date — scaring pooping pigeons off the court at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Creepy crawlies are the base of the food chain, but of course, they too must eat. So, pull up a seat and join us for the bug buffet.

Finding a mate is not merely a human pursuit, and few creatures put more vigour, variety and unex-pected twists into their love-lives than creepy crawlies!

Creepy crawlies can form armies to help them build elaborate homes, raise their young and hunt their prey.

The remaining Galta troopers leave the temple when offerings dry up, but a close encounter with the monkey catcher sends them scurrying back home.

With Jaipur overrun by langurs, the splinter group must try every trick in the book to locate food. In a faraway forest, Zamir reappears.

Head to Knoxville Tennessee to meet superstar parrot, Einstein. Loaded with talent, personality, and smarts, this incredible bird brain can make over 200 sounds and answer over 80 verbal prompts!

Meet the crime-busting team of Lucky and Flo — two young Labradors so good at sniffing out illegal DVDs that there's a bounty on their heads and Pigasso, the painting pig.

Annie the Bassett hound is pushing her short and stubby legs to the limit as an agility athlete, and energetic Mr. Gomez leads his doggie pals in a knockout performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.

Six-month-old Rufus, the hawk is preparing for his biggest contract to date — scaring pooping pigeons off the court at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Leopards are more resistant to extinction because of their elusive behaviour. Leopards are solitary creatures, the quintessential ambush-and-stalking predator, able to find the most remotes places on earth to avoid human contact.

Prosecuted for many decades, Africa's lion population has declined to only twenty thousand, and many biologists and conservationists are starting an international campaign to save these extraordinary animals.

Many species arrive on islands by mistake. It can place these animals in a land of opportunity, but it can also become a prison. Space, food and water are limited resources, and so island creatures evolve to make the most of their surroundings.

Originally from the USA, Dr. Betsy Fox has lived in Namibia since 1990 and has led an exciting life ever since amongst its wildlife.

Christina Karliczek Skoglund has been filming animals on land and under water in the most remote places for over ten years.

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas is the leading expert on orangutans, having devoted her life to saving them over the last 50 years.

For decades the Savuti pride on the western boundary of the Chobe National Park in Botswana has ruled supreme. This pride of lion numbering up to 40 individuals has made hunting elephant their specialty.

Around the globe, thousands of decommissioned naval vessels rot in dockyards. What can you do with these toxic time bombs? One solution is to clean them well, blow them up and sink them!

Six million metric tons of plastic end up in the world's ocean each year. Unlike other waste, plastic can stay in the water forever without breaking down. How is this deadly killer affecting the world's oceans?